Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

Mercury doesn't give up its secrets easily. The smallest planet in our solar system is also one of the most extreme—a sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas ...

The planet Mercury could have a layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers, or 11 miles, thick, ... mimicking the theorized composition of Mercury's interior in its early days.

The planet Mercury could have a layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers, or 11 miles, thick, tucked below is surface, scientists say.

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research.