The elusive planet Mercury reaches its furthest point from the sun on Friday (Jan. 12), with this separation allowing skywatchers a rare chance to spot the tiny planet.

Mercury will be in the constellation of Aries tonight. It will rise at 6:59 a.m. EDT (1059 GMT) and set at 9:12 p.m. EDT (0112 GMT on April 12), according to In the Sky. Mercury's apparitions, the ...

The planet Mercury may be hot, but it appears to be cooling down. That's the conclusion of a new study that looked for the kinds of features on Mercury that can form as the surfaces of planets ...

Shrinking planet Mercury is still getting smaller, new research finds The first evidence of Mercury's shrinkage came in 1974 when the Mariner 10 mission transmitted pictures to Earth By David Rothery ...

New images of Mercury's surface have been released by the ESA, taken by the BepiColombo mission as it passed close to the planet's surface.

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.

A five-planet alignment of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be visible in the night sky on Tuesday, March 28. The large planetary alignment can be spotted March 28, 2023.

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.