MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury

MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury
By Nancy Atkinson

Telescopes have captured meteoroids hitting the Moon and several spacecraft imaged Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter in 1994. But impacts as they happen on another rocky world have never been observed. However, the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) mission may have seen an impact take place back in 2013. In looking …

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