The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning new photos of Mercury's alien surface, from its icy craters to its sun-baked plains. On January 8, the spacecraft passed the tiny planet for the ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

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Like Earth, it has a metal core. But Mercury's metal core takes up 80% of the planet. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, one of the most intriguing things about Mercury is that despite the blistering ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only ...