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Fifty years ago, Mariner 4 revealed that the Red Planet was peppered with craters. Now we know pockmarks are common on many other planets and moons, too.

Images of the planet Mercury produced by Nasa's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (or MESSENGER) probe

The stunning video reveals the surface of Mercury in unprecedented detail, with fresh craters shown next to remnants of volcanic eruptions.

Researchers find the planet may have had a dynamic past.

In this scene, which was acquired by the MESSENGER spacecraft looking from the shadows toward the sunlit side of the planet Mercury, a 120-km (75 mi.) impact crater stands out near the center.

Surface of the planet Mercury by Chesley Bonestell. #Mercury #ChesleyBonestell #planets

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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft drew closer to Mercury for its historic first flyby, the spacecraft acquired this image showing a variety of surface textures, including smooth plains at the center of the image, numerous impact craters and rough material that appears to have been ejected from the large crater to the lower left.

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Mercury's Surface (illustration) The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. From...

This shot of Mercury's limb from the MESSENGER orbiter gives a sense of what it might be like to fly over the landscape southwest of Debussy Crater.

First complete topographic map of Mercury reveals plains, craters and both the highest and lowest points on the planet.

It's the closest planet to the Sun by far, but even in full sunlight at the hottest part of the day, another world has it beat.