ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the ...

Mercury retrograde is a fascinating natural phenomenon that can open your eyes to the inner workings of the solar system.

On Sunday 1 December 2024, BepiColombo flew past the planet Mercury for the fifth time, readying itself for entering orbit ...

I f you’re having one of those days when nothing seems to go according to plan, we have good news: You can blame Mercury ...

In astronomy, what does retrograde mean? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across ...

Mercury has made a rare transit, where the planet passes across the face of the Sun as seen from Earth. During the transit, Mercury appeared as a dark silhouetted disc against the bright surface ...

The truth, however, is way more interesting. It's not exactly rare. That’s because Mercury orbits the sun every 88 days. An inner planet to Earth—so closer to the sun—it completes just over ...

Its radius, the distance from the core's centre to the surface, is 2,440 kilometres. Mercury is about 2.6 times smaller than Earth. How hot is Mercury? Mercury's sun-facing side is scorched by ...

Mercury and Venus are both rocky planets ... enough to capture the entire planet It is about five times the distance from the Sun that Earth is and eleven times the width of Earth.