One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.

Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing on Mars and the rest of the solar system, it’s easy to forget about the small ...

View of planet Mercury from space. Space, nebula and planet Mercury. This image elements furnished by NASA. A few evenings ago I found myself in a remote layby in Utah close to Canyonlands National ...

So maybe YOU have seen the planet Mercury. But most people have not, or at least they have not realized they’ve seen it. In an extremely unscientific email poll of fifteen of my friends and relatives, ...

In an astronomical event that only happens 13 times every century, Mercury passed in front of the sun Monday morning. From 4:35 to 10:04 a.m., the planet passed in front of the large star, appearing ...

One week ago, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and ...