Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnt-out rock, a relic too small and too close to the Sun to hold many ...

A parade of six planets will be visible in Michigan night skies. What to know about the alignment.

Forget Pluto, a hidden Mickey Mouse lives on Mercury. A NASA spacecraft has captured a spectacular photo of Mercury craters arranged in a shape that looks just like Disney's iconic cartoon mouse. The ...

NASA Finds Huge Planet-Wide Scars on Mercury That Scientists Can’t Fully Explain ...

NASA's Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, Messenger, is going out with a bang this week, adding a hefty crater to the little planet closest to the sun. The first spacecraft to circle Mercury, Messenger is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday. NASA’s Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun’s ...

NASA's hardest working probe has finally run out of fuel, and will meet a tragic fate as it crashes into the planet Mercury on April 30. See the amazing photos this probe shared with us in its very ...