Because Mercury rules the mind and communication, Mercury retrograde can be a time for mental reflection. Planets experiencing retrogrades in 2023 This year, every planet in our solar system will ...

The probe took a picture of Mercury while flying by the planet in 2021, but it is due to return to take higher-resolution pictures in late 2025, early 2026.

During a June 2023 flyby of Mercury, BepiColombo encountered several characteristics of the planet's magnetic field. This field forms a protective magnetic bubble around Mercury and guards the ...

Mercury will retrograde from Dec. 13 through Jan. 2 in the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. Every planet has in our solar system has retrograded for at least ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight planets. Outwardly, it bears a strong resemblance to Earth's Moon, but the planet differs considerably from it in terms of its structure and ...

Mercury is a planet of extremes. With a total volume little more than the Moon, it is the smallest planet in the Solar System and is situated the closest to the Sun. Mercury has no atmosphere to ...