Twin probes destined for Mercury were launched on Friday as a part of a joint mission by European and Japanese space agencies. An Ariane 5 rocket lifted the uncrewed spacecraft into orbit from French ...

We will finally begin to untangle Mercury’s mysteries in 2026, as the BepiColombo spacecraft descend into orbit around the solar system’s innermost planet. BepiColombo consists of a pair of spacecraft ...

Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the ...

Mercury, once thought a simple iron ball, may boast a mile-thick diamond layer beneath its surface. New research suggests intense pressure and sulfur during its cooling transformed carbon into diamond ...