Watch the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flyby the closest planet to the sun in this set of images captured. It was the 3rd ...

Artist’s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft in cruise configuration, flying past Earth and with the Sun in the background. ESA/ATG medialab The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft ...

On Aug. 3, 2004, NASA launched the MESSENGER spacecraft on a historic first mission to orbit the planet Mercury. The spacecraft's name stands for the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry ...

The strange, tinkling song of Mercury's magnetic field sounding like a chime in the solar wind has been detected for the first time ever. Known as "whistler-mode chorus waves," these bizarre chirping ...

A spacecraft skimmed past Mercury this week, beaming back stunning new images of the surface and showing once again that humankind has a seemingly insatiable longing to understand the universe. The ...

It's been one exciting year for folks who like to gaze into the night sky, and we've still got a few more months to go before the end of 2024. To close out August, we'll have a planet parade, ...

You won't actually have to look very high to see it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mercury is a rather tricky thing to see in ...