Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of Mercury made with Blender with data from NASA and the USGS (Wikideas1) It’s a world where the Sun stops in the sky at ...

A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has quietly unsettled planetary science for decades: how does a planet like this ...

Mercury is officially retrograde in Pisces. And if you’re not sure what any of this means, congratulations! You've come to ...

Mercury's barren surface has led to the planet being labeled as "dead," but signs of geological activity say otherwise. Bright streaks known as "lineae," which can be seen on slopes across the planet, ...

August is full of celestial events, and this week marks a milestone for the 4.503 billion-year-old planet known as Mercury. Being such a small planet that lies close to the sun, Mercury can be ...

Findings from a recently published paper by Smithsonian senior scientist Thomas R. Watters reveal that Mercury has managed to retain much more of its interior heat than previously thought. Images and ...

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...

It’s small, it’s hot, and it’s shrinking. New NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Images obtained by NASA’s MErcury ...