[Campion]

According to Wikipedia — which is apparently more reliable than the Daily Mail — it’s a bit over 26 MILLION miles, not 26 miles. (Mercury is about 35 million miles from the sun.)

[irishjuggler]

Ah, thank you. I’m no astrophysicist, but my gut instinct when I read this was that, 26 miles out from the sun, withstanding “temperatures over 900 degrees Fahrenheit” is a woefully inadequate joke.

[jazusamo]

That sounds a whole lot more like it, the Mail was just a tad off.

[aquila48]

“According to Wikipedia — which is apparently more reliable than the Daily Mail — it’s a bit over 26 MILLION miles, not 26 miles. (Mercury is about 35 million miles from the sun.)”

That sounds a lot more credible.

[Hot Tabasco]

more reliable than the Daily Mail — it’s a bit over 26 MILLION miles, not 26 miles.

The daily mail is correct, the poster is not........sheesh!