The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright streaks on Mercury's surface, doodled on ...

For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to ...

For decades, Mercury has been seen as astatic, heavily cratered planet, a relic of early Solar System history. Its surface, ...

Mercury has a very diverse surface, with some areas boasting young-looking terrain and others that are heavily cratered, but scientists couldn't explain why the planet's surface had such stark ...

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

Meteorites found in the Sahara Desert might be pieces of Mercury that broke off as the result of a collision when the Solar System was still forming. The meteorites had many parallels to the surface ...

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...

Mercury reaches its peak evening visibility this February, offering Northern Hemisphere observers a longer post-sunset viewing window, higher altitude and a crescent moon reference.

NASA is asking for the public's help, but there's a catch. Mercury's surface is seen in exaggerated color in this image provided by NASA. NASA/JHU APL/CIW — -- NASA is asking for the public's ...