Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

Gravitational assists are an emblematic example of why space travel is hard —it is exactly rocket science, after all. Gravity ...

New research suggests that Mercury's crust is shifting and twisting in unexpected ways thanks to the force of the Sun.

Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...

The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, which have long been suspected to ...

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

Monday, 16 June 2025 Multi-Filter Image of NGC 3344 This image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3344, located about 20 million light-years from Earth, is a composite of images taken through seven different ...

In 2025, the joint European-Japanese mission BepiColombo will begin orbiting Mercury. Its instruments will probe the planet's magnetic field, chemistry, and—most exciting for Pommier ...