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Epically detailed photos of Mercury

Mercury is the smallest and fastest planet in the solar system, racing through space at 105,000 miles per hour, circling the sun every 88 days.But besides small size and swift speed, little was known...

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An Incredible View Of What It's Like To Rocket Away From Earth [VIDEO]

This amazing video of Earth was taken by the Messenger spacecraft as it rocketed away from our home planet toward Mercury, never to return. We found it through NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day. They...

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Spacecraft captures one of the closest photos of Mercury we’ve ever seen

The valiant MESSENGER spacecraft made Earth, Venus and Mercury flybys before its Mercury orbit four years ago. Soon it'll crash into Mercury, but for now … new images!The MESSENGER spacecraft acquired...

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NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into Mercury

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft that made surprising discoveries of ice and other materials on Mercury will make a crash landing into the planet around April 30, scientists said on...

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Epically detailed photos of Mercury

Mercury is the smallest and fastest planet in the solar system, racing through space at 105,000 miles per hour, circling the sun every 88 days.But besides small size and swift speed, little was known...

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Animated map of the solar system shows just how far humans have explored space

This year, 2017, marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit Earth. In those 60 years, we've gone much further, reaching new planets and even the edge of the solar...

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