As the spacecraft approached Mercury from its so-called “night side,” the cameras took photos of its south pole ... but they are thought to originate with a comet or asteroid colliding with ...

Mercury Comet Cyclone GT convertible is a restoration project almost like no other; it's still solid and a rare specimen ...

while the head of the comet (called the coma) easily rivaled the planet Mercury — which was then shining at magnitude -0.3 — in brightness. The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around ...