A rare triple conjunction of Venus, Mars and Mercury is happening on the opposite side of the solar system to where Earth is, ...

Pieces of Mercury may have been found on Earth, potentially allowing scientists to study the Solar System's innermost planet. While we have sent two spacecraft to Mercury – Mariner 10 and MESSENGER – ...

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

The meteorites could open up a new avenue to understand Mercury, pictured, which is notoriously hard to study due to its proximity to the sun. NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ...

Meteorites may be the only practical way to study Mercury's surface directly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It should also be ...

From the ‘year of the Moon’ to discovering ‘the history of the entire solar system,’ here is what to look out for. View on euronews ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Venus and Jupiter beginning to drift apart after their ...

Jupiter, as always, is a dazzling object, shining among the stars of Gemini the Twins. It reaches opposition on Jan. 10; this ...

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