Meet Mercury: Fascinating details about the smallest planet in our solar system - Interesting Engineering

Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, is a land of contradictions. Simultaneously freezing cold and boiling hot, Earth's cousin is a true survivor.Aptly named after the speedy messenger god of the Roman pantheon (Hermes in the ancient Greek one), the planet Mercury is the "speed freak" of our Solar System. Not only that, but Mercury, like all ?