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 ...

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 ...

Mercury is an elusive planet—and, yet, there it was. Not 10 minutes later it had sunk below the horizon, which partly explains why it’s so elusive. Here’s why Mercury is hard to see—and ...

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of Mercury, as scientists now work to guide BepiColombo into the planet’s ...

But it's important to note that while technically Mercury is up there, it will be incredibly difficult to spot, since it's the smallest planet and closest to the sun, meaning it rarely escapes the ...