Mercury will be farthest from the sun on Tuesday (Aug. 19), granting early risers a perfect opportunity to spot the ...

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything you need to know to see it at its best.

The tiny planet Mercury stands 19° west of the Sun in the early-morning sky, located in Cancer near the Beehive Cluster.

Early risers are in for a spectacular show next week, when Jupiter, Venus and Mercury form a planetary lineup in the predawn ...

3. How to watch the Transit of Mercury through a telescope or binoculars Amateur astronomers can watch using a solar telescope, or a safely set-up telescope or a pair of binoculars with solar filters.

Six planets will appear together in the morning sky this month, marking the final “planetary parade” of the year, according to NASA.

Often obscured by the Sun, Mercury appears brightest before dawn on the 3rd, providing a great view to anyone using a telescope, binoculars, or even naked eyes.

A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will use airborne telescopes aboard NASA research aircraft to study the solar corona and Mercury’s surface during this summer’s total ...

A rare August morning alignment brings Mercury, a thin crescent moon and the Beehive Cluster together in the predawn sky. Here's how you can see it for yourself.

The Oxley Nature Center will let people use a telescope Wednesday to watch the planet Mercury cross in front of the sun, which happens only once or twice a decade.

Transit of Mercury: Observatory Releases World's Highest Resolution Telescopic Images of Rare Event BBSO says it has the highest-resolution solar telescope in the world.

According to Sky & Telescope, the Citizen Transit of Mercury (ToM) project will attempt to measure the distance between Earth and the sun during Monday's transit.