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Sigh. Googling used to be fun for me. But now I tend to get annoyed. Answers seem to contradict each other. I'll leave this here - https://www.google.com/search?q=why+does+mercury+have+a+huge+core
https://www.astronomy.com/science/why-does-mercury-have-such-a-large-core/
I don't know if astronomy.com is a good site plus it's an old article: "November 26, 2012".
I mean, it's a reputable magazine. It's not a scientific study directly but it seems fine and cites some specific data, and the author is an actual professor of planetary science. And it's actually been updated with a more modern hypothesis circa 2021 at the bottom. It's not like our understanding of mercury has completely changed in the last 10-15 years