Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...

Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system, is full of surprises! Join us for an in-depth look at its physical ...

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

In a thrilling close approach, the BepiColombo mission captured its final, stunning images of Mercury before its orbit ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

A planet-sized visitor possibly visited the solar system billions of years ago and permanently changed the cosmic neighbourhood by warping the orbital path of four outer planets of the system, a ...

Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning new closeup images of Mercury's alien surface, from its icy craters to its sun-baked plains.

All of our solar system's planets are lining up to take part in a rare and awesome event in the night sky - this is when and ...