Ice, ice, baby — too cold, too cold. A recent spacecraft flyby over Mercury has experts believing that the planet closest to the sun has “frozen water” on its surface — and they’re ...

frigid craters that may hold ice dozens of feet thick, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Mercury's surface can reach a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius ...

water ice hiding in shadowed craters, and an off-center magnetic field in the planet. There’s still a lot about this curious world that scientists have yet to figure out. Why is Mercury so ...

It also imaged polar craters suspected of hosting ice and whose floors may ... showcases the Nathair Facula near Mercury’s upper edge, the site of the planet’s largest volcanic explosion.

A spectacular line-up of seven planets will be visible under UK skies during peak conditions, experts say - and the rare ...

These dark regions could contain water ice, and investigating ... exposure photograph of Mercury’s north pole, with the spacecraft about 787 kilometers from the planet’s surface.

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...