They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is a world of blazing heat, freezing nights, and endless mysteries. Recent photos ...

Until we visit Mercury and bring back material, it will be extremely difficult to assess a meteorite-planet link. The ...

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

A couple of meteorite samples currently being investigated could be the first pieces of Mercury on Earth. Ben Rider-Stokes, a ...

For folks in the United States, July evenings mean 4th of July fireworks. While you're waiting for the show, be sure to watch ...

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

Until we visit Mercury and bring back material, it will be extremely difficult to assess a meteorite-planet link. The BepiColombo space mission , by the European and Japanese space agencies, is now in ...

Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a piece of Mercury. Until, just maybe, now.

The surface of Mercury as seen by BepiColombo’s M-CAM2 (ESA/BepiColombo/MTM) If meteorites from Mercury were discovered, they could help resolve a variety of long-standing scientific questions.