High-resolution photo of the planet Mercury probably resembling the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

High-resolution photo of the planet Mercury probably resembling the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b

Caption

This high-resolution photo of the planet Mercury probably resembles the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b. Results from JWST observations favour an airless rocky planet with a dark, basalt-like surface, likely space-weathered by irradiation and meteorite impacts.

Credit

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington (cropped) https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/mercury-globe-0n-180e/

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