Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the smallest planet in our solar system.With a diameter of about 3,032 miles (4,880 kilometers), Mercury is less than half the size of Earth, which is ...

Mercury will retrograde from Dec. 13 through Jan. 2 in the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. Every planet has in our solar system has retrograded for at least ...

Ah, the infamous Mercury Retrograde. For many, it’s their first introduction to astrology – often accompanied by warnings to ...

ESA's next mission, BepiColombo, will explore the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury. The probe will launch in 2016 and reach Mercury in 2024. It will endure temperatures of 350 degrees Celsius ...

“Mercury is special,” said Johannes Benkhoff, the project scientist in charge of the BepiColombo mission, “It’s the densest planet in our solar system, even denser than Earth - if we ...

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the smallest planet in the solar system. Here we explore the strange world in more detail. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu.

Named for the fleet-footed Roman messenger god, Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, zipping around our parent star at an average of 36 million miles away. However, Mercury’s orbit is not a ...

With Mercury sitting above a nearly vertical evening ecliptic, this will be the best appearance of the planet in 2019 for Northern Hemisphere observers. The optimal viewing times fall between 6:15 ...

With a total volume little more than the Moon, it is the smallest planet in the Solar System and is situated the closest to the Sun. Mercury has no atmosphere to retain heat, meaning that the ...

The planet Mercury lies closest to the Sun, orbiting every 88 days. This tiny, crater-ridden world has intrigued planetary scientists for decades, ...

Mercury has shrunk by7 km. Most of this happened long ago, but now we have evidence that it continues. Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research ...