ANN ARBOR, Mich.–By measuring the charged particles in the planet Mercury’s magnetic field, a University of Michigan sensor enabled the first observations about the surface and atmospheric composition ...

Mercury is a cold and desolate planet that appears to have little surface, no sign of water, and little atmosphere that can be observed. Wikimedia Commons A European-Japanese space mission will reach ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---By measuring the charged particles in the planet Mercury's magnetic field, a University of Michigan sensor enabled the first observations about the surface and atmospheric ...

Around 4.6 billion years ago, the universe was a chaos of collapsing gas and spinning debris. Small particles of gas and dust clumped together into larger and more massive meteoroids that in turn ...

The early years of our solar system were a period of unimaginable chaos and violence, a gravitational free-for-all where colliding planetary embryos competed for survival. In this tumultuous ...

New research explains how meteorites called aubrites may actually be shattered pieces of the planet closest to the sun from the early days of the solar system. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Mercury does not ...

CNN — Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, was getting photographed Friday by a spacecraft. The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday as it was ...

David Rothery is Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open University. He is co-leader of the European Space Agency's Mercury Surface and Composition Working Group, and a Co-Investigator on MIXS ...

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...