Mercury is the smallest and fastest planet in our solar system, zipping around the sun at about 100,000 miles per hour. At Live Science, you can read all about this planet of extremes. Whether our expert writers and editors are debunking myths about Mercury retrograde, explaining how to view Mercury, offering surprising facts about NASA's Mercury probe, breaking down the science of why Mercury is shrinking, or keeping you updated on the BepiColombo spacecraft headed to Mercury, there's always something fun to learn in our Mercury news, features and articles.
