Retrograde mean motion resonances occur when orbiting bodies, moving in directions opposite to the dominant sense of motion, experience periodic gravitational interactions that can stabilise their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mercury retrograde is happening again. If you believe ...

Mercury will be in retrograde until Dec. 15, the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. For at least a portion of 2024, nearly every planet in our solar system has been ...

Mercury comes to its stationary point at 10 A.M. EST, ending its retrograde path and turning to slide eastward (prograde) against the background stars once more. The solar system’s smallest planet, ...

Mercury, the planet of intelligence, communication, and business, will enter retrograde motion on November 9, 2025, beginning in Sagittarius and moving into Scorpio on November 18, lasting until ...