{
  "id": 8086621,
  "title": "Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/mercury-is-shrinking-with-age-faster-than-thought",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nature",
    "slug": "nature",
    "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02898-3"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3 Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Universe Today",
        "title": "Mercury is Shrinking, But Faster Than Previously Thought",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/mercury-is-shrinking-but-faster-than-previously-thought",
        "published": "2026-09-16T23:17:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}