... Messenger photos showed baby blues and dark reds. - Advertisement - "It has very subtle red and blue areas," said instrument scientist Louise Prockter of Johns Hopkins University, which runs the Messenger mission for NASA. "Mercury doesn't look ...

... known as the South Atlantic anomaly, officials said. Terra carries U.S., Canadian and Japanese science instruments. Scientists intend to use its data to learn more about interactions between oceans, ice, land, atmosphere and the biosphere ...

... the surface of the planet radiate heat back to space in distinct ways that can be identified and mapped by the instrument. Scientists are keen to prospect -- from orbit -- for minerals such as carbonates that form in wet environments. Finding ...