Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and you would be forgiven for thinking it’s just a boring lump of rock. After all, there’s nothing interesting on it like aliens or places to drink. Still, ...

A single year is left in the long joruney of the two BepiColombo spacecraft as they try to reach planet Mercury for a truly ...

Mercury will reach its highest point in the evening sky tonight (April 11), with the closest planet to the sun shining brightly. Mercury will climb to an altitude of 17 degrees over the western ...

The 2024 astronomical calendar is packed with events; And there's more to look forward to, despite the eclipse and auroras already having passed overhead. Nicknamed the "planet parade," a planetary ...

Get ready for a "planetary parade." A planetary alignment will soon happen, allowing people to see five planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus – in the night sky towards the end of March, ...