Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought (Gift Article)

For fucks sake Mercury, we've got other shit going on right now

Mercury & I have a lot in common: "When Mercury formed about 4.5 billion years ago ... it was a much hotter planet. Over many millenniums, however, its metallic core has cooled and contracted, causing the planet’s surface to warp and wrinkle" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/s...

Today's example of "News Headline or Abandoned Sailor Moon Plot?" is www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/s...

Mercury is in retrograde. I honestly don't know what that means, and don't want to, I just know it's some astrology thing. Anyway, Mercury is shrinking.

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Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought New estimates using the planet’s surface wrinkles show that our smallest planet is growing even smaller, at a faster clip than expected. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/s...

Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/s...

Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought

Has it tried thinking about baseball?

Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/s...