‘This mission is important because Mercury hasn’t been studied much up to now,’ Harper said. ‘Studying Mercury can tell us more about how our solar system evolved, and about how exoplanets ...

Mercury puts on its best evening apparition ... Best telescopes for seeing planets in 2025 Want to see planets up close in the night sky? The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal for beginners wanting ...

Five planets are visible by looking up at the sky: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The hardest planets to see will be Saturn and Neptune because they are close to the horizon and the su ...

In January 2008, 33 years after Mariner 10 flew past the solar system's innermost planet, MESSENGER crossed Mercury's magnetosphere ... could account for up to half the magnetic field strength ...

Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars should all be visible in the night sky on Friday night, according to StarWalk, the website for the star-tracking app on mobile devices.

On 25 February, Mercury and Saturn will be close together in the evening sky. Sadly the planets will reach conjunction after they set, but it’s still worth trying to spot this exciting meet-up ...