Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...

Biodegradable bioplastics helped algae thrive under Mars-like pressure and light, enabling future space habitats.

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Mercury is one of the least visited planets in our solar system, but NASA’s MESSENGER mission changed that in 2011. It ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...

Researchers are looking at an invasive species of algae along the Atlantic coast as a possible reason for mercury in the food chain.

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

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is a world of extremes and unanswered questions. Though it resembles the Moon with ...

The punishing radiation appears to be causing the planet to shed its atmosphere at a rate of at least 1 trillion grams per second, according to a new study involving NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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

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

A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according to a new ...