the spacecraft passed within just 180 miles of Mercury’s surface, enabling it to capture close-up images of the planet. It passed the planet’s night side, which faces out into space and away ...

Imber, based at the University of Leicester, UK, is an expert on space weather and says her studies of Mercury could help us prepare for the worst solar storms here on Earth. She was also ...

A proposed new mission called Mercury Scout ... highly reflective sail surface to illuminate shadowed craters, could hunt for water deposits. Unlike conventional rocket engines that require ...