Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

Venus is particularly bright in the night sky this month, outshining even Sirius, the brightest star. For observers at ...

Stargazers will get a peek at what's been called a "parade of planets," when up to seven planets may appear to line up.

The BepiColombo flew just 183 miles above the planet's surface on its sixth and final flyby before going into orbit next year ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon . How ...

Stunning pictures ... by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday after the vessel flew 183 miles (294km) above the planet's north pole. The close-up images beamed back to Earth showed possibly ...

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures ... the red planet, the sun is seen here, over-exposed, hanging in the hazy Martian sky. Perseverance sent this image back to Earth ...

New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in ...

Scientists say this likely puts Earth at greater risk of more extreme heat waves, hurricanes and significant loss of ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.