Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon, Mercury endures some of the most ...

View of planet Mercury from space. Space, nebula and planet Mercury. This image elements furnished by NASA. A few evenings ago I found myself in a remote layby in Utah close to Canyonlands National ...

Mercury, often considered the “elusive planet,” is notoriously difficult to observe due to its proximity to the Sun. However, ...

Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing on Mars and the rest of the solar system, it’s easy to forget about the small ...

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

Mercury is a planet that just doesn't make sense. It's incredibly small yet hosts a relatively massive core. Mercury is so strange that astronomers have not been able to explain its properties with ...

While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

Europe's Mercury-bound probe BepiColombo made its third close flyby of its target planet on Monday (June 19), revealing a surface riddled with craters, including one that just received a name. The ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. December 16: Titan and Tethys dance The morning ...