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Mercury Crater Exhibits 'Artistic' Bright Rays: Big Pic

Posted 5 HOURS AGO | 0

A recent image from NASA's MESSENGER Mercury satellite features a brightly-rayed crater that's held on to its youth. Read more

Take a Christmas Tour of the Solar System

Posted by Mark Thompson Sun Dec 25, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

If Christmas Day has clear skies, you may be able to spot Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Mercury in the night sky. Read more

A Cloaked Alien Spaceship Orbiting Mercury?

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Dec 8, 2011 02:18 PM ET | 0

While watching a video of a coronal mass ejection travel from the sun, it would appear that a solar observatory has discovered a massive alien spacecraft docked next to Mercury. Read more

A Cloaked Alien Spaceship Orbiting Mercury?

Mercury: The Little Planet Full of Surprises

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Sep 29, 2011 02:00 PM ET | 0

NASA's Mercury Messenger spacecraft is unraveling a more complex planet than anyone had previously imagined. Read more

Space Exploration: At What Cost?

Posted by Mark Thompson Sat Apr 9, 2011 12:56 AM ET | 0

In these uncertain times, BBC astronomer Mark Thompson shares his opinion about the funding of space exploration in light of global tragedy. Read more

MESSENGER: First Photos from Mercury Orbit: Slide Show

Posted Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:29 PM ET | 0

The first orbital images from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft have been beamed back to Earth. Read more

History Made: MESSENGER Orbital Photograph of Mercury : Big Pic

Posted Tue Mar 29, 2011 06:33 PM ET | 0

The first photograph from the first spacecraft to ever orbit the solar system's innermost planet has been released. Read more

Wide Angle: Mission to Mercury

Posted Tue Mar 29, 2011 03:10 PM ET

On March 17, 2011, NASA put a spacecraft called MESSENGER into orbit around the solar system's innermost planet, Mercury. This is mankind's first artificial satellite around the small, cratered world. Read more

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NASA Spacecraft Enters Mercury Orbit

Posted Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:50 PM ET | 0

MESSENGER became the first satellite to orbit the innermost planet in an unprecedented study. Read more

The Incredible Shrunken Mercury

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Mar 16, 2011 01:45 PM ET | 0

What's it like on a planet where a year is three months long and the sun is 11 times brighter than on Earth? We're about to find out. Read more

Remembering Ham the Astrochimp : Slide Show

Posted Thu Feb 3, 2011 01:34 AM ET | 0

Fifty years ago, a chimpanzee named Ham bravely paved the way for the future of human spaceflight. Read more

5 Ways the Solar Wind Will Blow You Away : Slide Show

Posted Mon Nov 1, 2010 02:33 PM ET | 0

The sun dominates our solar system in terms of energy and gravitational clout. And the solar wind bathes every celestial body in its path. Read more

Mercury's Tail Makes it a 'Comet-Planet'

Posted by Ray Villard Wed Sep 29, 2010 07:28 AM ET | 0

As if the debate over what is and what is not a planet hasn't gotten confusing enough, we are beginning to see a class of object that could be called "Comet-Planets." Read more