LONDON: A team of researchers with Brown University say that the planet’s inky appearance may be the result of a near constant rain of impacts by cometary dust that has painted the planet black over billions of years. The research was published on Monday in Nature Geoscience.
So long have the scientists wondered why Mercury was so much darker than our moon. Leading author of the study Megan Bruck Syal says that the two bodies were often compared. They are same in size and both are posed to constant bombardment from bits of space dust and other micrometeorites. Most of the airless bodies are dark due to the iron-bearing minerals on their surface but the case is not the same with mercury, and scientists were up to solving this mystery.
Karachi Port sets 138-year cargo handling record
KARACHI: Pakistan's maritime sector has achieved a major milestone as Karachi Port set a new record in its 138-year history...
