A new experimental study published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta reveals that Mercury’s sulfur-rich interior behaves in ...

The closest planet to our sun, Mercury, experiences extreme temperature variations. Since the planet has no atmosphere to ...

Mercury is a small, rocky planet about which researchers know relatively little. Two missions, taking readings as they passed ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

A year on Mercury lasts 88 Earth days, with a solar day (the time from noon to noon on the planet’s surface) lasting 176 Earth days, and a sidereal day (the time of one complete rotation in relation ...

This month the evening skies are ablaze with planets: Venus, Mars, and Saturn are all shining brightly. Jupiter is also present, but dropping rapidly behind the sun. This concentration of planets in ...

The chance to see four planets in the sky at the same time, and so close together, isn't terribly common. Gyuk says that ...