Mention the word “mercury” and one of two things comes to mind: the silvery metal that is liquid at normal temperatures, or ...

Mariner 10 showed us that Mercury’s surface is cratered and barren, lacking any atmosphere but possessing a huge metal core. MESSENGER revealed dormant volcanoes, water ice hiding in shadowed ...

An curved arrow pointing right. You definitely shouldn't mess around with mercury, but if you want a safe, similar, tactile experience, a metal called Gallium is widely available online.

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

The findings showed higher mercury estimates than previous studies. Mercury is a toxic metal that poses a threat to both ...

According to many followers of astrology, part of the reason could be the pesky planet Mercury. The basic belief is that when Mercury is in “retrograde”, things may not go as planned more ...