As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

How reflective or absorptive an object happens to be is known as its albedo, which comes from the latin word albus, meaning white ... in the Solar System at 0.90. So not only does Mercury ...

Out of the four rocky planets of the inner solar system, Mercury is the one least explored ... the BepiColombo team to obtain simple black and white images of the spacecraft's whereabouts.

These craters are among the coldest locations in the Solar System, despite Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun. The images also highlight Borealis Planitia, a vast expanse of smooth plains ...

Artist’s impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft with a view of Mercury in the background ... spacecraft have been traveling through the solar system to reach the innermost planet Mercury ...

Mercury is a planet of extremes. With a total volume little more than the Moon, it is the smallest planet in the Solar System and is situated ... view of great white sharks. Brad Pitt plays ...

First rock from the sun Mercury is a planet of extremes. With a total volume little more than the Moon, it is the smallest planet in the Solar System and is situated the closest to the Sun.