This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to check out Mercury, which will be at its greatest elongation on April 3. This is when the planet appears farthest away from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The planet Mercury. (Getty Images) Mercury is officially retrograde in Pisces. And if you’re not sure what any of this means, ...

Mercury retrograde is an optical illusion where the planet appears to move backward from Earth's perspective. This astronomical event occurs three to four times each year and lasts for about three ...

Mercury is officially in retrograde today—and unfortunately, not for the last time in 2026. The latest Mercury retrograde runs from Feb. 26 to March 20, falling in Pisces this cycle. The astrological ...

The first Mercury retrograde of the year stretches until March 20, when Mercury stations direct just in time for the Spring Equinox Grab your receipts, double-check your texts and trust nothing at ...

Another year, another Mercury retrograde. The dreaded transit, which is known to cause communication and travel mishaps, returns for the first, but not last, time in 2026. Since this Mercury ...

The past couple weeks of astrology have already plunged everyone into eclipse season and heralded some once-in-a-lifetime planetary activity, so energetic intensity levels are already high. However, ...

This year, Mercury is going to moonwalk three times in the sky. The planet of communication will be retrograde in the water signs of Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio—in that exact order. As you may know, ...

The Trump administration on Friday loosened restrictions on toxic power plant pollution, including releases of neurotoxins mercury and lead. On Friday, it revoked portions of Biden-era standards that ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is still moving through Nevada’s Carson River, with levels in some waterfowl ...

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why it is often perceived as a dead and dry planet. A new study led by Dr.