Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnt-out rock, a relic too small and too close to the Sun to hold many ...

Forget Pluto, a hidden Mickey Mouse lives on Mercury. A NASA spacecraft has captured a spectacular photo of Mercury craters arranged in a shape that looks just like Disney's iconic cartoon mouse. The ...

When NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft orbited Mercury, it uncovered a planet far more complex than expected. Despite surface temperatures exceeding 430°C (800°F), scientists confirmed water ice trapped in ...

NASA's Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, Messenger, is going out with a bang this week, adding a hefty crater to the little planet closest to the sun. The first spacecraft to circle Mercury, Messenger is ...

NASA's hardest working probe has finally run out of fuel, and will meet a tragic fate as it crashes into the planet Mercury on April 30. See the amazing photos this probe shared with us in its very ...

On, NASA marked a major milestone in America’s early space program with the first successful launch of a Mercury-Atlas rocket. [...] ...