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 – ...

Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing on Mars and the rest of the solar system, it’s easy to forget about the small ...

Mercury doesn't give up its secrets easily. The smallest planet in our solar system is also one of the most extreme—a sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas unlike ...

Images acquired by NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft show geologic features that indicate Mercury is likely still contracting today, joining ...

So maybe YOU have seen the planet Mercury. But most people have not, or at least they have not realized they’ve seen it. In an extremely unscientific email poll of fifteen of my friends and relatives, ...

Why isn't Mercury classified as a dwarf planet? It's not much larger than Pluto. originally appeared on Quora - the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better ...