The Closest Planet to Our Sun Is Shrinking at Impossible Speed

Podcast: BRIGHT SIDE · Eduval António Mundeia

Opublikowano: 2026-10-29

The Closest Planet to Our Sun Is Shrinking at Impossible Speed 🌎🔥 Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the Sun, is changing in ways that continue to fascinate scientists. Its ancient surface is covered with enormous cliffs, long ridges, and geological formations that reveal a world slowly cooling and contracting over billions of years. But why is Mercury shrinking? Could the extreme temperatures near the Sun be responsible, or is something happening deep beneath the planet's rocky crust? Scientists have discovered evidence that Mercury's interior has been cooling, causing parts of its surface to com...