It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Flying over Mercury's north pole gave the ... the images are still scientifically valuable as they show many of the planet’s surface features. This is one of a series of images taken by the ...

it’s the planet’s largest impact crater, and it features linear troughs radiating from the point of impact. Roughly in the center, Mercury’s surface is marked by a relatively bright ...

Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system, is full of surprises! Join us for an in-depth look at its physical characteristics, surface features, and mysterious magnetic field, all captured in ...

The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

Flying just 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's surface on Jan. 8, 2025, the spacecraft — which was built in the U.K. — imaged craters on the planet's vast sunlit northern plains.

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun ... including its interior dynamics, surface composition, and geological features. These studies aim to enhance our understanding of Mercury's formation ...

The flyby began on the planet's frigid night side ... Scientists hope to use these probes to characterize Mercury's magnetic field, surface features, and internal structure.

Europa has linear features, Enceladus has tiger-like stripes, and Mercury has curved, step-like structures. Neutron stars with mountains may have analogous types of surface features that could be ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...