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

Mercury could have a thick underground layer of diamonds, scientists say. Some of the stones may have found their way to the surface, according to a recent study.

Mercury is the smallest and innermost world in the solar system, and was a mysterious planet until NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft became the first probe to orbit Mercury in 2011. The only other ...

T he BepiColombo spacecraft has made its sixth and final flyby of the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, capturing some incredible images of the tiny world. The photos offer tantalizing hints ...

The Sumerians also knew of Mercury at least 5,000 years ago. It was often associated with Nabu, the god of writing, according to a site connected to NASA's MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space ...

Now BepiColombo is heading back into the solar system before aiming to arrive in orbit around Mercury in November 2026. Then the spacecraft’s main camera will be unshielded and it will take ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is having to delay the arrival of its BepiColombo mission to Mercury after the twin probes suffered a glitch that prevented it from operating at full power.

Mariner 10, the first spacecraft sent to explore Mercury, gathered images and data over just 45 percent of the planet’s surface during three fly-bys in 1974 and 1975.

Mercury could have a thick underground layer of diamonds, scientists say. Some of the stones may have found their way to the surface, according to a recent study.