Compared to Mars and Venus, Mercury may not be the most famous of the solar system's planets. But in truth, it is a treasure — as the smallest and nearest planet to the Sun, it is a truly rare sight ...

A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has ...

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm ...

Researchers estimated that before humans started pumping mercury into the atmosphere, it contained on average about 580 megagrams of mercury. However, in 2015, independent research that looked at all ...

Researchers calculated mercury flux in Mar Menor in Spain and found that groundwater delivers 2.2 pounds of the contaminant ...

Mercury, the solar system’s forgotten planet, is finally getting its place in the sun. An analysis of data collected during the January flyby of the spacecraft MESSENGER — which will begin a year-long ...

The regulatory history of mercury in the air began with the passage of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments in 1990, requiring the EPA to set emission standards for hazardous pollutants in dozens of ...