What If. Liquid Mercury Oceans: A Planet in Peril. Posted: April 30, 2025 | Last updated: April 30, 2025. Picture the extreme danger and bizarre properties of oceans filled with liquid mercury.

Wake up early for a planet parade 🪐 Between April 24 and 25, find Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon gathered low in the east as dawn warms the morning sky. Mercury is also visible below them ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Starting tomorrow and continuing through April 25th, the planet Mercury will be visible to the naked eye in our sky. Your best chance at catching Mercury’s twinkle will be ...

This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Flying over ...

Mercury's largest impact crater, which is more than 930 miles (1,496km) wide, was also captured. The European and Japanese robotic explorer flew over Mercury's night side before passing directly ...

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research.

Scientists have uncovered a potential hidden gem within Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system. Utilising data from Nasa's MESSENGER spacecraft, researchers suggest that beneath Mercury ...

The "swift planet" — so named because it orbits the sun in just 88 days — is notoriously difficult to see because it's always very close to the sun.Most of the time, Mercury is either lost in ...

Mercury's location has made it very difficult for scientists to study. One reason is the heat. Spacecraft approaching the planet need to be able to withstand scorching temperatures as they wander ...