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Mercury rising: New images draw interest

02-01-2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Professor Maria Zuber, head of MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, addresses a Jan. 30 NASA press conference in which results from the first mission to visit the planet Mercury in 30 years were unveiled.

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