capable of 1-meter scale resolution. The small spacecraft will have an expected mass of 250 to 300 kilograms, about the mass of a large motorcycle. Mercury Scout would also employ a sun shade for ...

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.

How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...

The Sweden Solar System is the largest scale model of the Solar System in existence, and it spans the entire Swedish ...

Planets' temperatures are largely influenced by their structural characteristics and proximity to the Sun, however, Venus notably presents a unique case.