A rare magnetic signal revealed lithium on Mercury, showing the planet is still being reshaped by meteoroid strikes.

The solar system consists of eight planets, several dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and billions of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. The exact boundaries of the solar system ar ...

Tis the most maligned time of the year, when the planet of communication slows its proverbial roll and wreaks havoc on our ...

From its ridiculously large core to the baffling chemical composition of its surface, Mercury is full of surprises – not least the planet's origins ...

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the smallest planet in the solar system. Here we explore the strange world in more detail.

Meteorites found in the Sahara Desert might be pieces of Mercury that broke off as the result of a collision when the Solar System was still forming.

The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter has captured video of Mercury's transit of the Sun, giving astronomers vital information to improve the craft.

Hold tight, the solar system is going to get bumpy in a few months. Mercury retrograde is on its way. Maybe you've heard people lament over the astrological phenomenon, blaming their woes on the ...

Space is quiet! Sound needs air to travel, but space is a vacuum with no air. So sound waves can't move around, making space super silent.

The next Mercury retrograde will happen from August 4 to August 27 and the next total solar eclipse that can be seen from the U.S. won’t happen for another two decades — on Aug. 23, 2044.

Scientists have been studying various planets in our solar system, including Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.