The secrets of Mercury's strange magnetic bubble are gradually being unlocked by the BepiColombo spacecraft as it makes its rapid flybys of the world.

Mercury is small, but full of surprises. Discover its frozen poles, strange craters, and active magnetic field in this deep dive into the closest planet to the Sun.

For decades, scientists believed lithium might be hiding in Mercury’s ultra-thin atmosphere, or exosphere, but every attempt to find it came up empty. Now, in a groundbreaking study, researchers have ...