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This gravity disparity is largely due to that equatorial bulge creating non-uniform distances from points on the planet's surface to center of the Earth, and to the fact that the Earth spins.

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other planets that are already visible in the night sky. Here's why it matters to scientists.

Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 A new study suggests Mercury might have a thick layer of diamonds deep under its surface. This discovery could help ...

In mid-January, all of the planets are on one side of the sun, except for Mercury, which is still on the other side of the sun. We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will ...

Planetary parade in January: A planetary parade is a colloquial term that applies when four or more planets line up in the night sky at once. Sky watchers will get a good view of some of the planets ...

Following the recent Wolf Moon in a celestial game of peekaboo with Mars, January is shaping up to be a dazzling spectacle for stargazers, with a parade of planets crisscrossing the skies above ...

Mercury will join the other six planets in the night sky on 28 February making a full alignment in the sky. But by this time, Mercury and Saturn will only be visible during twilight in the southen ...

Flying 295 km above Mercury, it photographed icy craters, volcanic plains, and the planet's largest impact crater. Mercury reflects two-thirds less light than Earth's Moon, making its surface ...

BepiColombo, a joint ESA-JAXA mission, made its closest approach on January 8, 2025. Flying 295 km above Mercury, it photographed icy craters, volcanic plains, and the planet's largest impact crater.

A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet.

A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet. The ...