The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...

A new study details the findings of two meteorites that likely originated from Mercury and might provide clues about its ...

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

Summer is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from July 17 until August 11 — the retrograde begins after the full moon lunar ...

Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation, marking the point where it is farthest from the Sun in the evening sky.

Before any human dared orbit the stars, a young chimpanzee named Ham took the leap. His journey from the jungles of Cameroon ...

Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Aliens: Dead Orbit is a four-issue comic book series that was written, illustrated, colored, and lettered by James Stokoe and edited by Daniel Chabon and ...

Mercury moves super fast around the Sun, finishing its year in just 88 Earth days. The planet has crazy temperature swings, ...

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...