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 ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Pieces of Mercury may have been found on Earth, potentially allowing ...

Recent research suggests a warp in the orbital plane of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) between 80 and 400 AU, hinting at the gravitational influence o ...

Mercury's mysterious makeup may be the result of a grazing "hit and run" collision between two similar-sized protoplanets in the early solar system, a new study suggests. Mercury, the smallest and ...

Want to spot up to six planets at once in the night sky? Look up before dawn for the second and last "planet parade" of the ...