For folks in the United States, July evenings mean 4th of July fireworks. While you're waiting for the show, be sure to watch ...

Mercury is a mystery. It’s the smallest planet in our solar system, the closest to the Sun, and one of the most extreme. Its ...

Mercury moves super fast around the Sun, finishing its year in just 88 Earth days. The planet has crazy temperature swings, ...

This 2014 mosaic of Caloris basin is an enhanced-color composite overlain on a monochrome mosaic featured in a ... The MESSENGER spacecraft was the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, ...

Using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that the solar system's tiniest planet, Mercury, hides a not-so-tiny secret: a 10-mile-thick mantle of diamond.

These record Mercury’s planetary contraction: Scientists estimate that the planet’s radius may have shrunk by as much as 4.4 miles (7 kilometers) since it formed. It is probably still ...

Scientists first predicted Mercury had a tail in the 1980s, and the tail was confirmed to exist in 2001, with more details having been learned by NASA's Messenger mission that orbited the planet ...

Using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that the solar system's tiniest planet, Mercury, hides a not-so-tiny secret: a 10-mile-thick mantle of diamond.