Why is Mercury so unusually dense? Why does it have a magnetic field, but the Moon doesn’t? How does the solar wind change the planet’s geology? Bepi-Colombo aims to address these questions ...

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the Sun. It is rocky with a solid surface that is filled with craters. Mercury takes 59 Earth days to complete one rotation on ...

In 2026, a European Space Agency (ESA)/Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) joint mission will fall into orbit around Mercury, the solar system's smallest ... planet — but scientists are curious as to ...

The planet Mercury—rarely, if ever seen by most people—will this week rise into the post-sunset sky and be visible extremely close to a famous star. The smallest planet in the solar system and ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...