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Mercury

May 2024

  • The sun and Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

    Six planets to appear in alignment next week in rare celestial parade

    Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus will be visible but viewers may need some equipment to see them clearly

March 2023

  • Planets Venus Mars &amp; Jupiter align over the Isle of Portland Dorset England UK<br>HG92MM Planets Venus Mars &amp; Jupiter align over the Isle of Portland Dorset England UK

    Five planets line up to put on celestial show for skywatchers tonight

  • A night sky right after sunset showing some planets visible in 2011

    Planets aligned: how to see the astronomical phenomenon set to light up Australia’s sky

January 2023

  • Starwatch chart for 23 January 2023

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Mercury up before the sun – but only in the southern hemisphere

    Northern latitudes will have to wait until March and April for better view of the inner planet

June 2022

  • A chart of the solar system

    Rare sight for amateur astronomers as five planets align

    Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible in order of their distance from the sun from Friday

January 2022

  • Starwatch 10 Jan

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: where to look to spot the elusive Mercury

    Small rocky planet is relatively high in the sky these days, and this is a good chance to see it

October 2021

  • Starwatch 18 October

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: early risers can enjoy a Mercury morning

    Copernicus never saw it, so the story goes, but here’s your chance to chase the elusive planet

May 2021

  • This NASA image obtained September 27, 2016 shows images obtained by NASAs MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft revealling previously undetected small fault scarps cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps. These scarps are small enough that scientists believe they must be geologically young, which means Mercury is still contracting and that Earth is not the only tectonically active planet in our solar system, as previously thought. / AFP PHOTO / NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington/USGS/Arizona State University / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington/USGS/Arizona State University" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HO/AFP/Getty Images

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: your best chance of the year to see Mercury at night

    Observers in the northern hemisphere can start tonight to look for the elusive target

March 2021

  • Starwatch 8 Mar PRINT Moon, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury line up with moon

    Grouping spans length of Capricornus, helping to mark out faint shape of the goat constellation

January 2021

  • Starwatch chart 11 January

    Starwatch
    Look out for the bright jewel of Mercury in the evening sky

    Northern hemisphere skywatchers can search for the planet this month as it rises higher each night

November 2020

  • Starwatch 9 November

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Venus and Mercury align with waning crescent moon

    Observing the sun’s nearest neighbour is always a challenge, so find a viewing location with a clear horizon

February 2020

  • Starwatch trail 3 Feb 2020 Mercury

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: seasonal chance to glimpse Mercury

    The solar system’s innermost planet can never be seen in the night sky. But there is a chance to see it at twilight during the next two weeks

August 2019

  • Starwatch Trail 5 August 2019 Jupiter Antares Moon

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Jupiter in a close encounter with red giant Antares

    Our largest planet and the red supergiant are close together in the south-eastern sky, joined on Wednesday evening by the moon

June 2019

  • Enhanced-colour image of Mercury from NASA’s Messenger probe.

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: as the sun passes solstice elusive Mercury comes into view

    Mercury will be as far to the east of the sun as it ever gets, and can be found low in the western sky just after sunset

May 2019

  • The Planets.

    TV review
    The Planets review – so staggering you go ‘whoa!’ every few seconds

    The awesome vastness of time and space is laid out in its full, jawdropping incomprehensibility by Prof Brian Cox, the Attenborough of outer space

February 2019

  • Enhanced-colour image of Mercury from NASA’s Messenger probe.

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Mercury, the planet that plays hard to spot

    This week provides an opportunity to find Mercury in the twilight sky just after sunset

December 2018

  • Starwatch trail pic 24 December

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: planets line up for Christmas

  • Starwatch trail 17 December 2018

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Mercury joins Jupiter and Venus in the pre-dawn sky

October 2018

  • Artist’s impression of the two BepiColombo orbiters.

    BepiColombo spacecraft launches on mission to Mercury

  • BepiColombo orbiters

    Spacewatch
    Spacewatch: mission to Mercury braced for blast-off

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