The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

Credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM Plus, the situation doesn’t get any easier once you’re near Mercury. There’s no atmosphere to help a spacecraft slow down like there is at Venus or Mars.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A few evenings ago I found myself in a remote layby in Utah close to ...

The two orbiters will collaborate to investigate Mercury’s origin and evolution and its internal structure, geological features, composition, and craters. They will also study its atmosphere ...

Mercury's surface can reach a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius) during the day, according to NASA. But the planet lacks an atmosphere to hold that heat in — so, on Mercury ...

How hot is Mercury? Mercury's sun-facing side is scorched by temperatures of around 430°C, hot enough to melt lead. Without a substantial atmosphere to distribute heat away from the areas facing the ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were collected during its closest ever flyby of our solar system’s smallest planet.

Levels have fallen dramatically in the atmosphere - but remained stable in tuna since 1971. Very old mercury lurks deep in the ocean and wells up into the waters where the tuna swim, experts say.

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." The ...

In particular, mercury is known to spread to distant areas through the atmosphere. An international research team has revealed for the first time the role of the stratosphere in the dispersion of ...

This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury's north pole taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (European Space Agency via AP) ...

An emotional farewell to the Phoenix Mercury consumed Brittney Griner on Tuesday. After Griner shockingly signed with the ...