Despite being ignored, Mercury is pretty interesting.
In 1974, Mariner 10 found it’s shrinking due to cooling.
Scarps show faults from contraction.
Craters shortened by shrinking date it to 3 billion years ago.
But new research finds stretching, meaning it’s still shrinking today, like wrinkles on an apple.
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