On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six flybys of Mercury. On this most recent rendezvous, the probe was 200 ...

The new images caused Johannes Benkhoff ... To compensate, it must pass by Mercury, Venus and Earth several times to lose some speed before entering orbit around the innermost planet.

In astronomy, what does retrograde mean? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across ...

Mercury retrograde happens several times a year. The planet's apparent change in motion doesn't affect Earth, but does caused ...

Mercury goes retrograde from Nov. 25 until Dec. 15, with no shortage of passed-down mythologies and theories.

Getty Images Transits of Mercury are relatively ... A transit can only take place when the Earth, Mercury and the Sun are exactly in line in three dimensions.

The spacecraft has already flown past Earth and Venus ... planet's craters before crashing into its surface. BepiColombo's Mercury photos are so detailed that scientists can identify particular ...

Rather it is a matter of perspective that comes from the moving Mercury overtaking slower-moving Earth as both worlds race around the sun. The result is that Mercury appears to reverse its motion ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. When is Mercury retrograde? It starts today, and if you believe ...

Japan's Mio space probe now en route to Mercury to study its origin and evolution took advantage of Earth's gravity for a swing by to take a farewell photo of home. Photos showing it whizzing far ...