The planet in question is Mercury. Beginning now and running through the end of the second week of March, this somewhat overgrown version of the moon will have an evening appearance about as ...

Its atmosphere is mainly composed of hydrogen ... It is about a third closer to its star than our solar system's innermost ...

Mercury's surface can reach a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius) during the day, according to NASA. But the planet lacks an atmosphere to hold that heat in — so, on Mercury ...

New Africa - stock.adobe.com While Mercury, the wily planet of communication and exchange doesn’t station retrograde until March 15th, we get a lovely little preview of its hijinks for the next ...

The planet will be blazing brightly enough to be easily visible with the naked eye. By contrast, Mercury’s relatively ... some light is refracted through our atmosphere onto the moon’s surface.