Meteors shower Mercury
Pelt of space rocks kicks up a massive calcium cloud
![Messenger spacecraft](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/111015_cc_MessengerApproachMercury_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SPACE SHOWERS Recurring puffs of calcium seen by MESSENGER at Mercury (illustrated) might be connected to the Taurid meteor shower, a new study suggests.
NASA, JHU-APL, Carnegie Institution of Washington