During a June 2023 flyby of Mercury, BepiColombo encountered several characteristics of the planet's magnetic field. This field forms a protective magnetic bubble around Mercury and guards the ...

Mercury’s impact craters, also known as peak ring basins, were created as a result of asteroids or comets smashing into the tiny planet. Many of them, however, were flooded by volcanic lava ...

On September 5, 2024, Mercury will reach its greatest elongation from the sun, marking its farthest point in the morning sky. This event, when Mercury is 18 degrees from the sunrise, offers an ...

Mercury, the planet of communication, goes retrograde from August 4th to August 27th. That means almost the entire month of August is in a state of zombie when it comes to communication and ...

Scientists have uncovered a potential hidden gem within Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system. Utilising data from Nasa's MESSENGER spacecraft, researchers suggest that beneath Mercury ...

Mercury's location has made it very difficult for scientists to study. One reason is the heat. Spacecraft approaching the planet need to be able to withstand scorching temperatures as they wander ...

Mercury's radius may have decreased as much as 7km, researchers said. A new planetary research has suggested that the planet Mercury is still shrinking and getting more wrinkles as it does ...

The probe took a picture of Mercury while flying by the planet in 2021, but it is due to return to take higher-resolution pictures in late 2025, early 2026.

The basic mechanics that make x-rays dance across Mercury’s polar surface also light up the polar skies here on Earth — and on every other planet in the Solar System, plus at least one comet.

An artist’s interpretation of BepiColombo’s flyby of Mercury. Illustration: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) Thibaut Roger/Europlanet. On October 1 ...

The BepiColombo orbiter completed its third of six planned Mercury flybys, hugging the planet from 150 miles above ground and overcoming the powerful gravitational pull of the sun.