Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the ...

A meteor shower, a planet sighting, and a full moon. Here's how to see all of space's eye-catching activity in July.

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

The pre-shadow period kicks off when Mercury first passes the degree it will later retrograde back to and lasts about two ...

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

The closest world to the Sun has some extreme surface structures, steep hills and cliffs, which have long been suspected to ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

Mercury will make its theatrical debut in Leo, adding a dramatic flair to our conversations and exchanges, as we are suddenly ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.