Mercury

The wave likely scoured the surface of the weakly magnetic planet.

The planet Mercury, typically hard to spot for skywatchers, will be at its greatest distance from the sun in our sky Friday (Jan. 7).

For the next two and a half weeks, early-morning skywatchers will have an excellent opportunity to spot the so-called "elusive planet" — Mercury.

The BepiColombo spacecraft – a joint project by the European and Japanese space agencies – swung by its destination planet Mercury in the early hours of Oct. 2.

The European and Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft made the closest ever measurements of the magnetic field of Mercury above the planet's southern hemisphere as it zoomed past.

The BepiColombo mission captured its first up-close look at the planet Mercury in a flyby, revealing a rocky world covered with craters.

Mercury, Venus and the first-quarter moon — along with the stars Spica and Arcturus — will appear to form a straight line in the evening sky on Sept. 13, 2021.

The tiny planet Mercury will make a close approach to the crescent moon in the evening sky tonight (Sept. 8).

A 7-Eleven Slurpee has come closer to leaving the planet than any convenience store-dispensed drink has done before.

As the "evening star" Venus begins to retreat from the evening sky, the tiny planet Mercury prepares to put on a show.