Mercury: The planet that shouldn't exist

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...
WATE 6 On Your Side

Doomsday at Mercury: NASA craft falls from orbit into planet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday. NASA’s Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun’s ...
WTVD

Amazing photos 'MESSENGER' Mercury probe took before its death

NASA's hardest working probe has finally run out of fuel, and will meet a tragic fate as it crashes into the planet Mercury on April 30. See the amazing photos this probe shared with us in its very ...

Mercury in Retrogade? 2026 Space Mission Will Unveil Whether The Planet Should Exist

A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has ...
Astrum on MSN

NASA found planet-scale scars on Mercury that shouldn’t exist

Close-up images from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that Mercury’s surface records impacts of almost unimaginable scale ...
Forbes

See A Six-Planet ‘Parade’ On Tuesday As Mercury Becomes Visible

The “planet parade” happening all week will enter its most photogenic phase on Tuesday, Aug. 19, as Mercury becomes more prominent and the moon wanes to a slim crescent. All this week, four planets ...