Mercury: Shocking new study reveals the Solar System’s smallest planet was once Earth-sized!
London, England – Scientists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery that suggests Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System, may have once been as large as Earth. This finding challenges previous beliefs about the evolution of the rocky planet closest to the Sun. Researchers at a prominent university in England have analyzed data from the MESSENGER spacecraft, which orbited Mercury between 2011 and 2015. Their study indicates that billions of years ago, Mercury’s rocky …