Mercury doesn't give up its secrets easily. The smallest planet in our solar system is also one of the most extreme—a sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas unlike ...

Mercury is a planet of extremes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The planet is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the speedy ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft recently completed its second flyby of the closest planet to our star. On June 23rd, BepiColombo had an encounter with Mercury, and it managed to snap incredible close-up ...

Welcome to Wednesday, a day to honor the wisdom of Lord Ganesha and the enlightening energy of Mercury. Strengthen your ...

Tonight, Mercury reaches greatest elongation, meaning it will stand apart from the Sun at the largest angle as seen from Earth. This leaves it readily visible in the sky after the Sun has set, and ...

It was seven years ago when a planetary mission called BepiColombo departed our world. A joint effort of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the ...

Mercury will be in retrograde until Dec. 15, the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. For at least a portion of 2024, nearly every planet in our solar system has been ...