These findings could have positive consequences for any future human explorers
Solar System
Solar System
Solar System
Why are all the planets different colours if they formed at the same time?
We take a look at why the members of the Solar System vary in colour
Solar System
On which planet would I weigh the least?
Out of the eight planets, from Mercury to Neptune, on which of these would you weigh the least?
Space Exploration
BepiColombo is officially on its way to Mercury
The space probe that will investigate the Solar System’s innermost planet has finally departed the orbit of Earth
Solar System
Why does Venus look blue in some spacecraft images?
What is it about this terrestrial world’s atmosphere that gives it its unusual colour?
Deep Space
What is a hot Jupiter?
Could these worlds be the extreme cousins of gas giant Jupiter?
Solar System
How have Venus and Earth managed to keep their atmospheres?
Find out why only two of the inner planets have a shield from harmful space radiation
Solar System
Could a human survive on the surface of Mercury?
How hospitable is Mercury to life?
Solar System
Astronomers discover what’s powering Mercury’s magnetic tail
Models and simulations have provided strong evidence that Mercury’s plasmoids could be accelerating electrons from the Sun
Solar System
Mercury’s poles likely to hold more ice than previously thought
Research over the past three decades has suggested that water is frozen on the first rock from the Sun
News
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News
Gigantic ‘great valley’ discovered on Mercury
A newly-discovered gorge on the Sun-skimming world makes the Grand Canyon look tiny by comparison
News
Mercury found to have active plate tectonics
New imagery shows geologic features that indicate the tiny planet is still contracting today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet in our Solar System
News
Majority of Mercury’s volcanism died out 3.5 billion years ago
The findings add insight into the geological evolution of the small planet
News
Astronomers find warm alien Jupiters have unexpected companions
There’s strong evidence for the existence of two distinct types of exoplanet
News
Dawn spacecraft maps more water ice at Ceres
Many areas have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years, suggesting that ice deposits could exist there now
Solar System
VIDEO: Watch Mercury transit the Sun through a spacecraft’s camera
Witness May’s spectacular astronomical event from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
Astronomy
VIDEO: Check out this best-ever view of the transit of Mercury
A high-resolution video of the transit of Mercury captured by the Big Bear Solar Observatory in California
Astronomy
Relive the transit of Mercury!
Courtesy of Slooh, you can see the innermost planet make its way across the Sun
News
Astronomers find small Neptunes orbiting “in step” around star
The exoplanets are nestled close to their star, orbiting in a unique resonance that has been locked in for billions of years