Mystery Behind Mercury's Deep Dark Surface May Have Been Solved
- 8 years ago
A new study led by Johns Hopkins University has found that Mercury’s unusual darkness is likely the result of higher-than-normal carbon deposits on its surface.
Mercury’s extremely dark surface has long been a mystery for scientists, but a team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University believes it may have figured it out.
Their newly published study points to carbon as “the darkening agent.”
The evidence supporting this hypothesis came from NASA’s spacecraft MESSENGER which spent 2011 to 2015 surveying the planet’s surface.
Using readings fro
Mercury’s extremely dark surface has long been a mystery for scientists, but a team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University believes it may have figured it out.
Their newly published study points to carbon as “the darkening agent.”
The evidence supporting this hypothesis came from NASA’s spacecraft MESSENGER which spent 2011 to 2015 surveying the planet’s surface.
Using readings fro