* Astronomy

A transit of Mercury will take place on November 23, 2005, 6:00 UT. Unfortunately it is only seen from Mars. During the transit, Mercury will pass directly between the Sun and Mars and any Martian will see a small black disc moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Mercury from Mars are mu...

New computer simulations of Mercury’s formation show the fate of material blasted out into space when a large proto-planet collided with a giant asteroid 4.5 billion years ago. The simulations, which track the material over several million years, shed light on why Mercury is denser than expected...

Mercury, is now visible in the evening sky. The planet is moving slowly away from the sun and rising higher in the sunset sky. The planet is 1.1793 AU away in the constellation Aquarius. The sun sets at 17:09 GM...

In November, the planet Mercury will make a rather feeble attempt to eclipse the Sun. On Nov. 8, Mercury will pass through inferior conjunction, a point in its orbit where it is directly between Earth and the Sun. Normally the innermost planet is not visible during an inferior conjunction. Bu...

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Expand (144kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (210kb, 1024 x 768) Mercury 6:20 GMT, 9th November 207 (and Spica in zoom view)

BepiColombo, ESA's mission to explore planet Mercury, has been definitively 'adopted' by the Agency’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) last Friday. The mission will now start its industrial implementation phase, to prepare for launch in August 2013. BepiColombo is the next Eu...

Google Mercury- New NASA Images Click to Play | View Details New false-colour pictures of the heavily-cratered surface of Mercury taken by NASA's Messenger spacecraft. Messenger aims to map the entire surface of Mercury over the next decade.

Crater named after Kiwi artist Celebrated Kiwi painter Frances Hodgkins has joined Beethoven, Hemingway and Rembrandt - by having a crater on Mercury named after her. The Hodgkins crater is among 16 discovered by Nasa's Messenger spacecraft last October. All such landforms on the closest planet...

Explore Mercury in Google Earth. Download (672kb, kml)

NASA Releasing First Ever Spacecraft Orbital Views Of Mercury NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 16, to reveal new images and science findings from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. The event will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E St. SW, in...

Asteroid Crash May Explain Mercury's Strange Spin Researchers suggest that Mercury was once tidally locked, initially spinning in the opposite direction to its orbit. "Mercury once had a spin rate synchronous with the sun, like the moon with the Earth" study co-author Alexandre Corr...

Solar wind may explain Mercury's weak magnetic field The mystery of why Mercury's magnetic field is so weak may just have been solved: It is being stifled by the solar wind, researchers think. Mercury and Earth are the only rocky planets in the solar system to possess global magnetic fields, and for y...

The transit of Mercury on May 7th, 2003 was visible at three GONG sites. Read more On Wednesday, 2003 May 07, Mercury will transit the Sun for the first time since 1999. The entire event will be widely visible from the Europe, Af...

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Mercury Transit of Mercury ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview)	Events	30	12824	May 20 14:57 2008 by Blobrana
A transit of Mercury will take place on November 23, 2005, 6:00 UT. Unfortunately it is only seen from Mars. During the transit, Mercury will pass directly between the Sun and Mars and any Martian will see a small black disc moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Mercury from Mars are mu...
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New computer simulations of Mercury’s formation show the fate of material blasted out into space when a large proto-planet collided with a giant asteroid 4.5 billion years ago. The simulations, which track the material over several million years, shed light on why Mercury is denser than expected...
Mercury Mercury 14.02.06 (Preview)	Events	2	4725	Mar 1 13:23 2006 by Blobrana
Mercury, is now visible in the evening sky. The planet is moving slowly away from the sun and rising higher in the sunset sky. The planet is 1.1793 AU away in the constellation Aquarius. The sun sets at 17:09 GM...
Mercury Transit Transit of Mercury (Preview)	Events	2	3000	Oct 29 21:01 2006 by Blobrana
In November, the planet Mercury will make a rather feeble attempt to eclipse the Sun. On Nov. 8, Mercury will pass through inferior conjunction, a point in its orbit where it is directly between Earth and the Sun. Normally the innermost planet is not visible during an inferior conjunction. Bu...
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Expand (144kb, 1024 x 768) Expand (210kb, 1024 x 768) Mercury 6:20 GMT, 9th November 207 (and Spica in zoom view)
Mercury BepiColombo Mission ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mission News	18	15917	Jul 7 10:39 2017 by Blobrana
BepiColombo, ESA's mission to explore planet Mercury, has been definitively 'adopted' by the Agency’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) last Friday. The mission will now start its industrial implementation phase, to prepare for launch in August 2013. BepiColombo is the next Eu...
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Google Mercury- New NASA Images Click to Play \| View Details New false-colour pictures of the heavily-cratered surface of Mercury taken by NASA's Messenger spacecraft. Messenger aims to map the entire surface of Mercury over the next decade.
Mercury Hodgkins crater (Preview)	Solar System	0	2239	Jul 19 12:43 2009 by Blobrana
Crater named after Kiwi artist Celebrated Kiwi painter Frances Hodgkins has joined Beethoven, Hemingway and Rembrandt - by having a crater on Mercury named after her. The Hodgkins crater is among 16 discovered by Nasa's Messenger spacecraft last October. All such landforms on the closest planet...
Mercury Mercury (Preview)	KMZ	1	2503	Mar 31 06:56 2011 by Blobrana
Explore Mercury in Google Earth. Download (672kb, kml)
Mercury Mercury ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mercury	16	10726	Mar 7 09:34 2017 by Blobrana
NASA Releasing First Ever Spacecraft Orbital Views Of Mercury NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 16, to reveal new images and science findings from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. The event will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E St. SW, in...
Mercury Caloris Basin (Preview)	Mercury	3	3664	Dec 13 01:53 2011 by Blobrana
Asteroid Crash May Explain Mercury's Strange Spin Researchers suggest that Mercury was once tidally locked, initially spinning in the opposite direction to its orbit. "Mercury once had a spin rate synchronous with the sun, like the moon with the Earth" study co-author Alexandre Corr...
Mercury Mercury's magnetic field (Preview)	Mercury	2	3672	Jan 19 16:45 2017 by Blobrana
Solar wind may explain Mercury's weak magnetic field The mystery of why Mercury's magnetic field is so weak may just have been solved: It is being stifled by the solar wind, researchers think. Mercury and Earth are the only rocky planets in the solar system to possess global magnetic fields, and for y...
Mercury Transit Transit of Mercury, 7 May 2003 (Preview)	Events	0	2175	May 7 02:04 2013 by Blobrana
The transit of Mercury on May 7th, 2003 was visible at three GONG sites. Read more On Wednesday, 2003 May 07, Mercury will transit the Sun for the first time since 1999. The entire event will be widely visible from the Europe, Af...