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Mercury, First Planet From the Sun: Latest Discoveries
Mercury is our solar system's smallest planet.
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See the most amazing space images of the week, including China's mission to space and Mickey Mouse on Mercury.
NASA's Messenger spacecraft orbiting Mercury spotted three craters that look surprisingly like Mickey Mouse.
NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) snapped imagery of Venus, almost past Mercury, in anticipation of the Venus Transit of the Sun on June 5-6, 2012 (depending where you are in the world).
See photos from Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter's historic Aurora 7 orbital flight on May 24, 1962.
NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) caught Jupiter, Mercury and the Pleiades Star Cluster converging within its camera's field of view.
Nearly two dozen museums and other locations around the U.S. (plus one in England) boast real spaceships that have carried astronauts on missions to orbit and the moon.
On April 7th 2012, a coronal mass ejection was lofted towards Mercury and set to slam into its ultra-thin atmosphere on April 9th. The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the blast in extreme ultraviolet.
Mercury is nearly as bright as other naked-eye planets, but there's a trick to spotting the elusive planet.
From water on Mars to fake feline astronauts, it's been a busy week in space. Vote for the week's best space story.
Mercury's poles may have ice deposits, according to new findings from NASA's Messenger probe.
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is the first to ever to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. It has delivered 89 wide angle camera images that have been compiled into a complete picture of the planet's south pole in this time-lapse video.
From runaway planets to a submarine on Jupiter, it's been a busy week in space. Vote for the week's best space story.
The Messenger spacecraft began a one-year bonus mission at Mercury, and the twin Grail probes will get 90 more days at the moon.
The solar system's innermost planet continues to confound and intrigue scientists.
The velocity and inertia of high-speed charged particles ejected from the Sun during a coronal mass ejection (CME) can be measured as they slam into spacecraft; the resulting data can be presented as sound. Produced by the University of Michigan.
Skywatchers can spot the full moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and perhaps even Uranus tonight.
The planet Mercury looks a little bit like Earth's moon.
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
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