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Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected - NBC News

A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury — our solar system’s smallest and innermost planet — may be shrinking faster than scientists previously thought.

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Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected - NBC News

A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun.

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