ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee backed another option to protect ...

Pieces of Mercury may have been found on Earth, potentially allowing scientists to study the Solar System's innermost planet.

Stargazers can spot Mercury next to a crescent moon on June 26-27. Look west-northwest 45 minutes post-sunset for this rare ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

Mercury is an odd little planet. The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, ...

Jupiter will be too close to the sun to see Tuesday, but it will move farther out in the dawn sky and on Aug. 12 will have a ...

Following similar actions by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors last fall and the city of Capitola in April, the Santa Cruz City Council approved an ordinance that would ban the sale of fil… ...

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said erasing regulations would produce jobs and lower electricity costs. He called ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. It's part of a wide-ranging rollback ...

Mercury doesn't give up its secrets easily. The smallest planet in our solar system is also one of the most extreme—a sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas ...

All 20 "city-killer" asteroids are thought to be wider than 460 feet (140 m), meaning they could wipe out a heavily populated area if they were to impact our planet. These asteroids currently pose ...