Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

Chennai: If you spotted six planets in a row in Jan, try your luck again at this month-end as Mercury will also be visible.

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

Dwarf planet Pluto, on the other hand, has a fairly squashed orbit. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has the most eccentric orbit, with the difference between the distance at perihelion and ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some craters on its surface that never see sunlight.