The planet is the

is the smallest, fastest, and most pot-marked planet in our solar system.

It is in many ways unlike any other planet.

However, there's more to this overlooked planet than meets the eye.

It isn't just a scarred hot rock near the sun. There are some things about it that I'm... meet the

meat the eye. It isn't just a scarred hot rock near the sun.

Learn more about the planet Mercury, the first planet on this

episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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In the Planets, Davis Sobel brings her full talents to bear and what is perhaps her most

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The Sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds.

So Bell explores the planet's origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture,

from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history.

Whether revealing what lies behind Venus's cocoon of acid clouds

or capturing firsthand the excitement at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

when pictures from

Cassini at Saturn are beam to Earth, this intimate account is filled with

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