Much closer to the horizon and a distinct reddish color, the planet Mercury isn’t on most people’s observing lists. In fact, a professional astronomer last year told me it was impossible to ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Mercury retrograde is happening again. If you believe astrologers and ...

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 ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the mission into orbit around the planet Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent ...