Mercury
“The Hobbit” Author Gets a Crater on Mercury
Here's a little something to please fans of space, art and fantasy alike (and those who enjoy all three): on…
A Glimpse of Old Cape Kennedy
I'm a child of the shuttle era, but I grew up reading the tales of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. That…
Mercury’s Many Colors
Although composited from expanded wavelengths of light, this wide-angle image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the amazing variation of colors…
Postcards From The (Inner) Edge
As the world turns its gaze outward in anticipation of the arrival of Mars Science Laboratory -- with its hair-raising…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 18-24, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Let's begin the week with some awesome galactic studies and enjoy a meteor shower during Summer Solstice!…
Mickey Mouse on Mercury?
This collection of craters, shaped not unlike the iconic head of a certain cartoon mouse, was imaged by NASA's MESSENGER…
50 Years Ago Today: The Flight of Aurora 7
Fifty years ago today, May 24, 1962 astronaut Scott Carpenter launched in his Aurora 7 capsule. This was the fourth…
Spacecraft Captures Mercury-Jupiter Conjunction
[/caption] Here’s a great shot from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft of Mercury (top planet) and Jupiter snuggling…
Warhol Crater Gets Its 15 Minutes of Fame
[/caption] As pop art icon Andy Warhol said, "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes," and so…
The View From Freedom 7
51 years ago today, on May 5, 1961, NASA launched the Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket carrying Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard…