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What's the point of exploring Mercury?
Exploring Mercury helps us understand how rocky planets, including Earth, formed and evolved. Being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury offers unique insights into extreme environments and the Sun's influence on planetary atmospheres and magnetic fields. Data from BepiColombo will provide crucial information about its composition and history.
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