For decades, Mercury has been seen as astatic, heavily cratered planet, a relic of early Solar System history. Its surface, ...
The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright streaks on Mercury's surface, doodled on ...
From Mercury’s rare appearance to NASA’s Artemis II launch window, here’s everything to watch in the skies this month.
Explore the visibility of Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in February 2026. Discover observation dates, locations and details based on Space.com and NASA data.
Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...
The team found that the lineae occurred preferentially on the Sun-facing slopes of the younger impact craters. This suggests ...
An analysis of 100,000 satellite images of Mercury has revealed traces of changes that challenge the image of a "dead" planet.
NASA's hardest working probe has finally run out of fuel, and will meet a tragic fate as it crashes into the planet Mercury on April 30. See the amazing photos this probe shared with us in its very ...
Skywatchers who spotted the Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Aug. 12 are in for a dazzling display in the night sky through the end of August, with a "planet parade" building in the eastern sky, with ...