New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in fascinating up-close detail. The European Space Agency (ESA ...

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some craters on its surface that never see sunlight. It also has the most extreme temperatures of ...

A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Social media has been abuzz about the ongoing alignment of planets, with ...

We'll see six planets in the first part of February – Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn – and on Feb. 28, they'll be joined by Mercury. But not all of them will be visible to ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...