Mercury retrograde is on its way ... these planets will look like they are traveling backward in order to position themselves between Earth and the Sun, Caves explains. This movement is called ...

Despite reaching a huge greatest elongation of 27 degrees west of the sun — farther than on any other date this year — Mercury still stays low and is very poorly placed for most observers in ...

Mercury has the shortest and fastest orbit around the Sun and experiences dramatic temperature changes as it rotates. It is a world of extremes. Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet.

Mercury is known as “a personal planet,” similar to Venus and Mars. This is because they are closer to the sun and the earth astronomically, while astrologically, Thomas says they “align ...

Narrator: As the solar system grew, four rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, were created closest to the Sun. Made of rocks and metals, they have solid surfaces and a central core of ...

On February 2, it was announced that former Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud had been traded to the Connecticut Sun in a ...