Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Europe and Japan’s BepiColombo beamed back close-up images of the solar system’s innermost planet, flying through Mercury’s shadow to peer directly onto craters that are permanently hidden ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will appear together in a row throughout the start of February – although Neptune and Uranus will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope.

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 ...

The newly released images show permanently dark craters spotting the surface of the planet closest to our Sun. Nearby volcanic plains and the largest impact cater on Mercury–over 930 miles wide ...

A parade of planets will be visible to skywatchers around the globe through the rest of this month and into February. At least four planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn — should be visible with ...

As it circled it, it snapped these incredible images of one of the Solar System's most mysterious planets. BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. It relies on two different orbiters ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometres) above Mercury’s night side before passing directly over the planet’s north pole. The European Space ...

Planetary Parade 2025 is a rare celestial event that promises to captivate skywatchers and inspire creativity across the ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole. The European Space Agency ...