MESSENGER

Watch the “Blood Moon” Eclipse from Mercury

Yes, it's another time-lapse of the October 8 lunar eclipse that was observed by skywatchers across half the Earth… except…

10 years ago

MESSENGER Completes Second Burn to Maintain Mercury Orbit

A little over a week before NASA's MAVEN spacecraft fired its rockets to successfully enter orbit around Mars, MESSENGER performed a…

10 years ago

Mercury’s Hot Flow Revealed by MESSENGER

Our Sun is constantly sending a hot stream of charged atomic particles out into space in all directions. Pouring out from holes…

11 years ago

Mercury’s Ready For Its Close-Up, Mr. MESSENGER

Are you ready for a good close look at Mercury? At an incredible 5 meters per pixel, this is one of…

11 years ago

Mercury Had Quite The Explosive Past, Spacecraft Analysis Shows

Mercury -- a planet once thought to have no volcanism at all -- likely had a very active past, a…

11 years ago

Mercury Shrinking: the First Rock from the Sun Contracted More than Once Thought

Whatever Mercury's did to trim down its waistline has worked better than anyone thought -- the innermost planet in our…

11 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – February 14, 2014: Space Valentines!

Host: Nicole Gugliucci Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, Brian Koberlein (more…)

11 years ago

Confused Mercury Crater Looks Icy, But May Be Evaporation Evidence

At first glance, you'd think that white stuff on the floor of Kertesz crater is ice, especially since that substance…

11 years ago

Comets Encke and ISON Spotted from Mercury

Two comets currently on their way toward the Sun have been captured on camera from the innermost planet. The MESSENGER…

11 years ago

Fly Across Mercury with MESSENGER!

Take a ride on the Mercury express and see what MESSENGER sees in these two new videos! Each made from…

11 years ago