Mercury was once believed to be a dead and silent planet scorched by the Sun, but new discoveries revealed disturbing ...

Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than scientists had thought. This result comes from multispectral imaging data gathered in January 2008 by MESSENGER, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. bepicolumbo images of mercury From just 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface, ESA's BepiColombo transfer probe has captured ...

(CNN) — 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.

Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury’s surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes large regions that have ...

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, possesses a weak intrinsic magnetic field and has only a very tenuous atmosphere (exosphere). These three conditions result in a direct coupling between the ...

The Webb telescope has detected a dark, atmosphere-less rocky exoplanet that could shed light on how Earth-like worlds die.