The planet Mercury seems like a place inhospitable to life, with surface temperatures reaching a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit due to its extremely close proximity to the Sun. But new research ...

Scientists have discovered that salt glaciers may exist on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun and the solar system's smallest world. The discovery could show that even the most volatile conditions ...

Popular culture offers a very specific view of alien life, one which looks an awful lot like humanity and is often capable of experiencing the world and communicating in recognizable ways. Take ...

Mercury might have salt glaciers that could create the conditions necessary for life kilometres underground. These rock salts may encircle the entire planet, and could transform our image of Mercury ...

ANTELOPE ISLAND — Researchers from Weber State University are monitoring the amount of mercury cycling through the Great Salt Lake’s food web by catching and analyzing some of the island’s most ...