Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is a world of extremes and unanswered questions. Though it resembles the Moon with its cratered surface, Mercury is far from ordinary. It’s the smallest planet ...

A rare magnetic signal revealed lithium on Mercury, showing the planet is still being reshaped by meteoroid strikes.

Although aubrites do not exhibit chemical or spectral (the study of how light is broken up by wavelength) similarities with Mercury's surface, it has been hypothesized that they may derive from the ...

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is ...

Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Using a cutting-edge magnetic wave detection technique, a new study in Nature Communications has identified lithium in ...

Mercury in Leo will join forces with Neptune in Aries, forming a creative trine that sparks the imagination like never before ...

Mercury's surface is continuously replenished by extraterrestrial bombardment, according to a study linking detected events to meteoroid strikes by objects 13-21 centimetres in radius. These ...

The planet Mercury could have a layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers, or 11 miles, thick, tucked below is surface, scientists say.

CAIRO (Jared Collins/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Researchers have discovered two meteorites in the Sahara Desert that they believe may have originated from Mercury.