They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...

Scientists may have solved alongstanding mystery in the study of Mercury. For the first time, pieces of the Solar System’s ...

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

The BepiColombo space mission, by the European and Japanese space agencies, is now in orbit around Mercury and is about to send back high-resolution data.

The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, which have long been suspected to ...

New research suggests that Mercury's crust is shifting and twisting in unexpected ways thanks to the force of the Sun.

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so meteorites that come from the ...

Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system and the one closest to the Sun, has long baffled scientists with its twisted ...