A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun.

A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. ↧ Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected The solar system’s smallest and innermost planet has been shrinking ever since it formed, but a new study shows the shrinkage may be greater than previously known.