Mercury
TESS Finds a New Mars-Sized Planet (With the Density of Mercury)
Some planets orbit their stars so closely that they have extremely high surface temperatures and extremely rapid orbits. Most of…
BepiColombo’s First Pictures of Mercury
BepiColombo recently had its first close flyby of Mercury, its eventual mission target, and got to snap some pictures to…
BepiColombo Meets Mercury for the First Time on October 1
BepiColombo made a quick visit to Venus in August and is on to its next rendezvous. On October 1st it'll…
It’s Time to Send a Lander to Mercury
So much in the astronomy community revolves around the decadal survey. Teams of dozens of scientists put hundreds of hours…
An Asteroid has Been Discovered That Crosses Mercury’s Orbit
Astronomers have spotted the fastest-ever asteroid orbiting Sun -- and at times, it gets closer to the Sun than the…
Who was Giuseppe ‘Bepi’ Colombo and why Does he Have a Spacecraft Named After him?
Astronomers have an excellent habit of naming large projects after deserving contributors to their field. From Nancy Grace Roman to…
Does Mercury Have a big Iron Core Because it’s so Close to the Sun’s Magnetic Field?
Magnetic fields are great for lots of things - directing explorers, levitating trains, and containing nuclear fusion reactions are just…
MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury
Telescopes have captured meteoroids hitting the Moon and several spacecraft imaged Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter in 1994. But…
How did the Earth get its water? The answer might be found on Mercury
I don't know if you've noticed by now, but the Earth is a little bit wet. How Earth got all…
BepiColombo captured images of Earth during its recent flyby
Farewell! Even though the BepiColombo mission launched for Mercury in 2018, it's still hanging around the Earth - at least,…