The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...

The third lecture in the 2011 Exploring Space Lecture Series featured Sean C. Solomon, the Principal Investigator for the MESSENGER mission and the Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism ...

The main working hypothesis for the Mercury problem says that the planet is the victim of a collision with a different-sized object. The cataclysmic collision stripped much of the planet's mantle and ...

New simulations suggest that Mercury's formation could be the result of a rare collision between two celestial bodies of ...

What type of impact created Mercury’s giant core and thin crust? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team | Space ...

A "deeply personal" set of images filmed by NASA astronauts which includes the first ever selfie taken in space has been ...

AN exciting exhibition opening this month at showcasing superb photos taken in space – all painstakingly restored by a ...

Look to the east slightly ahead of dawn on Sept. 2 to catch a fleeting glimpse of fleet-footed Mercury alongside the bright star Regulus, before it becomes lost in the light of the rising sun. Want to ...

LOS ANGELES, CA – September 25, 2025 – Proteus Space, a leading innovator in rapid satellite design, digital modeling, AI&T, ...

The new book "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" features iconic images from the earliest days of human space exploration ...

The United States launched three spacecraft on Wednesday in an effort to better monitor space weather such as solar storms, ...