Not only does Mercury go retrograde often—three or four times a year for three weeks at a time—but, to make matters worse, there's this: You can feel the effects both before a ...

despite the fact that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Previous observations suggested that these permanent shadows might host frozen water, an exciting hypothesis that the BepiColombo ...

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back three images of Mercury after a brief flyby of the planet on Jan. 8, 2025.

Here's everything you need to know about what it is and how the post-retrograde shadow will affect you. Mercury retrograde refers to the period of time where Mercury moves slower than the Earth around ...

Within those shadows, it's thought, sits a layer of ice, preserving clues that could help us better understand Mercury's past and potentially its future. "In the next few weeks, the BepiColombo team ...