One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.

CNN.COM - NASA released on Wednesday more of the first images of Mercury taken by a spacecraft orbiting the planet, including the first color closeups depicting it in all its pock-marked glory. The ...

View of planet Mercury from space. Space, nebula and planet Mercury. This image elements furnished by NASA. A few evenings ago I found myself in a remote layby in Utah close to Canyonlands National ...

Data from the second MESSENGER flyby of Mercury is coming in; NASA held a telephone press conference today to release some new, interesting stuff. Although scientifically it’s just a tease, my ...

MESSENGER last year revealed another side of Mercury, color-enhanced to show the differences in surface geology. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of ...

Mercury may have comet dust to thank for its dark appearance. The smallest planet in the solar system (sorry Pluto) has curious coloring: It’s darker than it should be, and scientists aren’t sure why.

Of Interest: This high-resolution enhanced color view of Kuiper crater shows not just the bright rays that extend out from this relatively young crater but also the redder color of Kuiper’s ejecta ...