Living up to its name, Mercury is the fastest planet in the solar system, speeding along at about 29 miles per second and ...

Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, has spent billions of years quietly getting even smaller. Since its fiery ...

NASA is asking for the public's help to name five craters on Mercury, however there's a catch.

A new study has used an alternative method to work out how much Mercury has shrunk since its formation, finding that the planet has gotten significantly cooler in its first 4.5 billion years. Back in ...

Recalling the elementary-school mnemonic My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles, you would know that Mercury is ...

Today in the history of astronomy, a map of the innermost planet reveals a surprise.

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The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments). Its well-defined, near-circular basin, filled by a lake, is surrounded by ...