Using new space-age software, researchers have released the first topographical map of Mercury’s entire surface, providing a highly detailed view of the planet’s craters and volcanoes, a Business Insider report of a Christian Science Monitor story said. Using NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which made 4,104 orbits around the smallest planet in our solar system, scientists also mapped Mercury’s northern pole and it’s highest and lowest points – providing a wealth of scientific information not seen before as well as accompanying digital animation to give a detailed glimpse of the planet, Space.com reported. “The wealth of these data, greatly enhanced by the extension of MESSENGER's primary...
