A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only ...

The photos were released by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of BepiColombo, a mission in partnership with Japan to send a spacecraft to Mercury. This latest round of photos comes via the ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

New photos of Mercury's mysterious north pole reveal a glimpse of the permanently dark, frigid craters that may hold ice dozens of feet thick, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

(AP) - A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury ... (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are all visible after sunset, but social media claims about it being a rare "planetary ...