Stories by Bruce C. Murray

The remarkable pictures made by the spacecraft Mariner 10 have revealed a planetary paradox: Although Mercury is like the earth on the inside, it is like the moon on the outside

The first spacecraft to go into orbit around another planet provides evidence that Mars is just beginning to heat up internally. Systems of channels and gullies suggest erosion by water or some other agent

The radiation in the spectral region between light and radio waves carries much information about celestial objects. New detectors are making this information increasingly available