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 ...

Astronomers have a new way to hunt for exoplanets today. The team behind the NEID Earth Twin Survey (NETS) project has published a paper detailing their first planetary discovery. The newly confirmed ...

A pair of still-attached probes just completed the closest flyby of the solar system’s least explored planet, capturing the first clear view of Mercury’s impact craters. BepiColombo pulled off its ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Starting tomorrow and continuing through April 25th, the planet Mercury will be visible to the naked eye in our sky. Your best chance at catching Mercury’s twinkle will be about ...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered an extraordinary planet that's roughly the size of Earth but is only one-tenth of our planet's age, with half of its surface likely ...

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 ...

A "spectacular" skywatching event has captured the attention of many in recent weeks after a rare planetary alignment became visible in January 2025. Four planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn – have ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — There is something pleasing to the eye to see things lined up, and when it happens with celestial objects, it is mystical, awe-inspiring. Six planets are currently gracing our ...