The sun has blasted Mercury with a plasma wave

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The wave likely scoured the surface of the weakly magnetic planet.

A gigantic plasma wave that launched from the sun smashed into Mercury Tuesday , likely triggering a geomagnetic storm and scouring material from the planet's surface.

The powerful eruption, known as a coronal mass ejection , was seen emanating from the sun's far side on the evening of April 11 and took less than a day to strike the closest planet to our star, where it may have created a temporary atmosphere and even added material to Mercury's comet-like tail, according to…

 

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Poor Mercury

Just a breathtaking picture

Does Mercury also have a role for Earth ? Just like Jupiter protecting Earth from asteroids? WhatIf Mercury vaporizes from the heat of the sun ?

You call it blasting? I think it is terrorizing

Mak aii..dekatnya

Solar face lift, laser exfoliation, with radiation sauna. Perspective. Mercury has needs.

Wow what would happen to the robot, will this wave hurt it?

_jena4n

History in action. So cool

Sunblock with SPF 1,000,000,000 ❗️

inexcargo

Is mercury really that close to the sun.

I would say sunscreen is in order.😬😬

Planet Toast

Mercury be like, ...meh

…And MERCURY is “having a good time!” ⚡️🚀 👑🤩

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Ouch.

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Gravity is 3-D [X, Y, Z] (not a one way thing) The 'Y' direction easily explains perihelion precession. ◆ The sun tugs directly on mercury (X direction). ◆ The dragged and rotating thread network tugs (and slacks) in the Y direction. ◆ Z cancels itself

a suitable moon for venus

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