Mercury
Mercury Shows Off Its Reds, Whites, and Blues
At first glance, the planet Mercury may bear a striking resemblance to our own Moon. True, both are heavily-cratered, airless…
New Crater Names Approved for Mercury’s South Pole & More
Move over, Tolkien & Tryggvadóttir. Yesterday, an announcement was made that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved proposed names for nine…
See Mercury at its Greatest Elongation for 2013
A fine apparition of the planet Mercury graces the dawn skies this week, leading up to its greatest elongation from…
MESSENGER Sees a Smoother Side of Mercury
During its two years in orbit around Mercury -- as well as several more years performing flybys -- the MESSENGER…
A Tribute to MESSENGER
If you're reading this then you probably love space exploration, and if you love space exploration then you know how…
Hollywood’s Mixed Portrayal of John Glenn
We'll be the first to admit that the 1983 movie The Right Stuff takes artistic license when it talks about the Mercury…
Take a Spin Around Mercury
Created by the MESSENGER mission team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington,…
Is This Meteorite a Piece of Mercury?
The largest fragment of meteorite NWA 7325 (Photo © Stefan Ralew / sr-meteorites.de) Pieces of the Moon and Mars have been…
A Hi-Res Mosaic of Mercury’s Crescent
A view of Mercury from MESSENGER's October 2008 flyby (NASA / JHUAPL / Gordan Ugarkovic) Every now and then a…
How Long is a Day on Mercury?
1/3 the distance from the Sun than Earth, it should be no surprise that a day on Mercury is a…