Plume of gas ejected from Mercury’s atmosphere extended to form a comet-like tail, which was captured by the ...

Comets are not the only celestial bodies with tails. Earth and Mercury also possess them, formed by different mechanisms.

Mercury, long recognised as the innermost planet, exhibits a remarkable comet-like tail stretching millions of kilometres.

The Sun is constantly pushing out a stream of plasma and charged particles from its upper atmosphere, the corona. This solar wind moves at about a million miles per hour to escape the Sun's tremendous ...

Our planet Earth and Mercury have invisible tails stretching millions of kilometres. These cosmic tails are real phenomena.

Observations by Alessandrini and Robinson demonstrated that Mercury's sodium tail, extending millions of kilometers, is imageable using standard photographic equipment, contrary to previous ...

Astronomers have observed a comet-like tail on Mercury, the Solar System's innermost planet, challenging traditional planetary classifications.

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...