The elusive planet Mercury reaches its furthest point from the sun on Friday (Jan. 12), with this separation allowing skywatchers a chance to spot the tiny planet. The fact that Mercury is the closest ...
On August 11, 2025, Mercury, our planet of the mind and mouth and the mischief that lives between, ends its retrograde. Mercury will station direct at 3:29 am ET at 4 degrees of Leo. But it ain’t time ...
August is full of celestial events, and this week marks a milestone for the 4.503 billion-year-old planet known as Mercury. Being such a small planet that lies close to the sun, Mercury can be ...
European probe captures stunning up-close views of planet Mercury during brief flyby (video, photos)
Europe's Mercury-bound probe BepiColombo made its third close flyby of its target planet on Monday (June 19), revealing a surface riddled with craters, including one that just received a name. The ...
Mercury will retrograde from Dec. 13 through Jan. 2 in the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. Every planet has in our solar system has retrograded for at least part ...
This quiz will explore the facts, the fun and the fascinating quirks of our solar system's speedster. Mercury may be small, but it's mighty, zipping around the sun faster than any other planet. And ...
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