Tag: mercury

Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System

by Laurence COUSTAL Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Is Mercury’s core liquid or solid, and why — on the smallest planet in our solar system — is it so big? What can the planet closest to the Sun tell us about how our solar system came into being? An unmanned European-Japanese space mission, dubbed BepiColombo, blasted off early Saturday morning from French Guiana, to probe these and other mysteries. “BepiColombo is coming like […]

Tamang disposal ng mga fluorescent lamp, isinusulong ng EcoWaste Coalition

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isinusulong ngayon ng toxic watch group na EcoWaste Coalition ang ligtas at tamang disposal sa basurang bumbilya na may mercury o asoge na mapanganib sa kapaligiran at kalusugan. Sa pag-aaral ng grupo, ang Pilipinas ay lumilikha ng 50 milyong pirasong basurang bumbilya kada-taon, 22 milyong piraso mula sa mga commercial at industrial establishment, 15 milyong piraso mula sa pampublikong opisina at paaralan at 13 milyong piraso mula sa mga […]

Mercury rising: Astronomers gear for planetary alignment

PARIS, France (AFP) Monday 5/9/2016 by Pascale MOLLARD Mariëtte Le Roux– Astronomers on Monday were preparing for one of the highlights of the skywatchers’ year, when the Sun, Mercury and Earth all line up — a phenomenon that happens just a dozen or so times per century. Mercury will be seen through telescopes as a black dot inching over the face of our star, providing a celestial spectacle — weather permitting — that will last seven and a half […]