Mercury may be the closest planet to the Sun, but it's long been overshadowed in scientific exploration. With only two missions ever reaching it - most recently NASA's MESSENGER - the planet remained ...

NASA is asking for the public's help, but there's a catch. Mercury's surface is seen in exaggerated color in this image provided by NASA. NASA/JHU APL/CIW — -- NASA is asking for the public's ...

Yesterday at 4:40AM east time, Nasa’s Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging spacecraft) flew by just 125 miles over the surface of Mercury, the closest planet to the ...

NASA responded to Kim Kardashian after the reality star insisted that the 1969 moon landing “was fake” and that people “go to ...

NASA’s Mercury-bound Messenger spacecraft dropped into orbit around the tiny, orbitally eccentric planet just a few months ago, and it’s already sent back enough data to notably alter our take on the ...

Before computers, NASA relied on “human computers” — mathematicians who solved complex equations for flight paths and ...