Suzie Imber is a co-investigator for the BepiColombo mission, currently on its way to Mercury. She explains how it will cast new light on the planet's many oddities, including its awful space weather ...

The beautiful planetary parade continues through the end of the month, with special guest Mercury joining the pack soon.

The newly released images show permanently dark craters spotting the surface of the planet closest to our Sun. Nearby volcanic plains and the largest impact cater on Mercury–over 930 miles wide ...

As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one ... It is also pummelled every day by wild solar storms – the likes of which Earth only experiences once a century.

New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in fascinating up-close detail. SEE ALSO: Is Mercury in retrograde?

Planets in this house shape individuality in unique ways: Sun brings confidence, Moon affects emotions, Mercury adds wit, Venus enhances attractiveness, Mars drives determination, Jupiter adds ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole. The European Space Agency released the ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

M-CAM 1 took this long-exposure photograph of Mercury's north pole at 07:07 CET, when the spacecraft was about 787 km from the planet’s surface. The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km ...