Mercury commonly refers to: *

Mercury (planet) Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun's planets. It is named after the Roman god ' ( Mercury), god of commerce, messenger ...

, the nearest planet to the Sun *

Mercury (element) Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum ( ) from the Greek words, ''hydor'' (water) and ''argyros'' (silver). A heavy, silvery d-block A block ...

, a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg *

Mercury (mythology) Mercury (; la, Mercurius ) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divinat ...

, a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:

Companies

Mercury (toy manufacturer) Mercury was an Italian manufacturing company of die-cast toy, die-cast scale model model car, cars. Based in Turin, Mercury was active from 1932 until 1980. Along with Dinky Toys in England, Mercury was a pioneer in 1:43 scale diecast toys mad ...

, a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured in Italy *

Mercury Communications Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, to challenge the then-monopoly of British Telecom (BT). Although it proved only moderately successful at challe ...

, a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s *

Mercury Drug The Mercury Drug Corporation, better known as Mercury Drug, is a Filipino pharmacy chain. A subsidiary of the Mercury Group of Companies, it is headquartered in Bagumbayan, Quezon City. The chain was founded in Santa Cruz, Manila in 1945, making ...

, a Philippine pharmacy chain *

Mercury Energy Mercury NZ Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation and multi-product utility retailer of electricity, gas, broadband and mobile telephone services. All the company's electricity generation is Renewable energy, renewable. In August 2021 ...

, an electricity generation and retail company in New Zealand *

Mercury Filmworks Mercury Filmworks is a Canadian independent animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario. The studio was originally founded in Vancouver by Clint Eland, the current CEO, in 1997. Mercury Filmworks has produced animated television series and feature ...

, a Canadian independent animation studio *

Mercury General Mercury General Corporation is a multiple-line insurance organization offering personal automobile, homeowners, renters and business insurance. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Mercury has assets in excess of $4 billion, employs ...

, a multiple-line American insurance organization *

Mercury Interactive Mercury Interactive Corporation was an Israeli company acquired by the HP Software Division. Mercury offered software for application management, application delivery, change and configuration management, service-oriented architecture, change r ...

, a software testing tools vendor *

Mercury Marine Mercury Marine is a marine engine division of Brunswick Corporation headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The main product line is outboard motors. It also produces the MerCruiser line of sterndrives and inboard motors. Some manufacturi ...

, a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly outboard motors *

Mercury Systems Mercury Systems, Inc. is a technology company serving the aerospace and defense industry. It designs, develops and manufactures open architecture computer hardware and software products, including secure embedded processing modules and subsystem ...

, a defense-related information technology company

Computing

Mercury (programming language) Mercury is a functional logic programming language made for real-world uses. The first version was developed at the University of Melbourne, Computer Science department, by Fergus Henderson, Thomas Conway, and Zoltan Somogyi, under Somogyi's su ...

, a functional logic programming language *

Mercury (metadata search system) Mercury is a distributed metadata management, data discovery and access system. It is a scientific data search system to capture and manage biogeochemical and ecological data in support of the Earth science programs funded by the United States D ...

, a data search system for earth science research *

Ferranti Mercury The Mercury was an early commercial computer from the mid-1950s built by Ferranti. It was the successor to the Ferranti Mark 1, adding a floating point unit for improved performance, and increased reliability by replacing the Williams tube memory w ...

, an early 1950s commercial computer *

Mercury Browser Mercury Browser is a discontinued freeware mobile browser for Android, developed by iLegendSoft. Mercury Browser uses the Webkit engine. It was formerly available for iOS, but in 2017, it was removed from the App Store. Features Mercury Browser ...

, a freeware mobile browser *

Mercury Mail Transport System Mercury Mail Transport System (Mercury MTS) is a standards-compliant mail server developed by David Harris, who also develops the Pegasus Mail client. It was freeware prior to January 2007, but is now donationware for non-commercial and personal ...

, an email server

Film and television

* ''Mercury'' (film), a 2018 Indian silent horror thriller by Karthik Subbaraj * ''Mercury'' (TV series), an Australian television series *Mercury, a fictional town in ''Young Adult'' * Mercury Black, a character in the ''RWBY'' web series *

Sailor Mercury is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi. She is the alternate identity of , a teenage Japanese schoolgirl, and a member of the Sailor Guardians, supernatural female fighters who protect the Solar Sys ...

, a character in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga and anime franchise

Literature

Comics

Mercury (Marvel Comics) Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has appeared in the ''X-Men'' series. She is a teenage member of the student body at the Xavier Institute and a recurrin ...

, a character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance *

Makkari (comics) Makkari, formerly known as Hurricane and Mercury, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Eternals, a race of superhumans in the Marvel Universe. He firs ...

or Mercury, an Eternal, a Marvel Comics race of superhumans * Mercury, a member of the

Metal Men The Metal Men are a group of superheroes that appear in DC Comics. The characters first appeared in ''Showcase'' #37 (March–April 1962) and were created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Boo ...

, a DC Comics team * Mercury, a member of

Cerebro's X-Men Cerebro's X-Men are a team of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are a nanotechnology version of the X-Men created by Cerebro when the supercomputer briefly goes rogue. This team was created and des ...

* Mercury, an Amalgam Comics character

Magazines

* ''Mercury'' (magazine), an astronomy magazine * ''

The American Mercury ''The American Mercury'' was an American magazine published from 1924Staff (Dec. 31, 1923)"Bichloride of Mercury."''Time''. to 1981. It was founded as the brainchild of H. L. Mencken and drama critic George Jean Nathan. The magazine featured wri ...

'', originally a literary magazine, gradually more political

Newspapers

* ''The Mercury'' (Hobart), Tasmania, Australia * ''The Mercury'' (South Africa), Durban * ''The Mercury'' (Pennsylvania), US * ''Mercury'' (Newport), Rhode Island, US * ''The Mercury'', former name of the ''

Reading Mercury The ''Reading Mercury'' was a weekly newspaper covering the county of Berkshire and neighbouring Oxfordshire, founded and based in the town of Reading. Published between 8 July 1723 and 28 May 1987, the ''Reading Mercury'' was regarded through ...

'' * List of newspapers named ''Mercury'', for newspapers whose titles include that word

Novels

* ''Mercury'' (Bova novel), a novel by Ben Bova * ''Mercury'' (Livesey novel), a novel by Margot Livesey * ''Mercury'', a novel by

Anna Kavan Anna Kavan (born Helen Emily Woods; 10 April 1901 – 5 December 1968) was a British novelist, short story writer and painter. Originally publishing under her first married name, Helen Ferguson, she adopted the name Anna Kavan in 1939, not onl ...

Music

Mercury Nashville Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records N ...

, a record label *

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...

, a record label *

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...

, an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom * " Mercury, the Winged Messenger", a movement in Gustav Holst's ''The Planets''

Albums

* ''Mercury'' (American Music Club album) (1993) * ''Mercury'' (Longview album) (2003) * ''Mercury'' (Madder Mortem album) (1999) * ''

Mercury – Act 1 ''Mercury – Act 1'' is the fifth studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released on September 3, 2021, by Kidinakorner and Interscope Records in the United States. Imagine Dragons recorded the album in 2018 after the previous ...

'' (2021), by Imagine Dragons * '' Mercury – Acts 1 & 2'' (2022), by Imagine Dragons

Songs

* "Mercury" (song), a 2008 song by Bloc Party * "Mercury", a song by Counting Crows from ''

Recovering the Satellites ''Recovering the Satellites'' is the second studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released on October 15, 1996, in the United States. Released three years after their debut album (and two years of worldwide touring), it reached No. ...

'' * "Mercury", a song by Kathleen Edwards from ''

Failer ''Failer'' is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards, released in 2002. The album was originally released independently in early 2002 before being picked up for wider release by MapleMusic Recordings in ...

'' * "Mercury", a song by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister from '' Planetarium''

Military

* Operation Mercury, codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II *

Boeing E-6 Mercury The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989, repl ...

, an American aircraft used as an airborne command post and communications relay *

Miles Mercury The Miles M.28 Mercury was a British aircraft designed to meet the need for a training and communications plane during the Second World War. It was a single-engined monoplane of wooden construction with a twin tail and a tailwheel undercarriage ...

, a British aircraft designed during the Second World War * , various vessels or shore establishments of that name * , seven vessels of that name * , an 1820 warship *

Mercury (pigeon) Mercury was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1946 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War. Mercury served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section). It received the awar ...

, honored for bravery during World War II

People

* Mercury (name), including a list of people with that surname or given name

Places

Mercury, Savoie Mercury () is a commune close to Albertville in the Savoie ''département'' in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Albertville.Mercury Bay Mercury Bay is a large V-shaped bay on the eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. It was named by the English navigator Captain James Cook during his exploratory expeditions. It was first named ''Te-Whangan ...

, New Zealand * Mercury, a place in Alabama *

Mercury, Nevada Mercury is a closed village in Nye County, Nevada, United States, north of U.S. Route 95 at a point northwest of Las Vegas. It is situated within the Nevada National Security Site and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission to hou ...

, a closed city within the Nevada Test Site, United States *

Mercury, Texas Mercury is an unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 166 in 2000. It is situated along FM 502 in northeastern McCulloch County, approxi ...

, United States

Plants

* Mercury (plant), members of the plant genus ''Mercurialis'' * Annual mercury (''Mercurialis annua''), a species of flowering plant * English mercury, or mercury goosefoot (''Blitum bonus-henricus''), a species of goosefoot

Radio

Mercury FM Mercury FM was a radio station in the Surrey and Sussex area of the United Kingdom that was founded on 20 October 1984 and closed on 25 July 2010. The station broadcast on FM 97.5 MHz in Horsham and 102.7 MHz in East Surrey and ...

, a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom * Mercury 96.6 or Heart Hertfordshire, a radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Sports

Edmonton Mercurys The Edmonton Mercurys ("Mercurys", "Mercs") were an intermediate-level senior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada during the 1940s and 1950s. The team represented the Canada men's national ice hockey team twice, and won the ...

, a 1940s and 1950s intermediate ice hockey team from Canada *

Fujita Soccer Club Mercury was a women's football team from Hiratsuka which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It founded the league back in 1989. The club was disbanded in 1999. History The club was acquired in 1990 by Fujita Industries, parent company o ...

, a Japanese women's football team active from 1989 to 1999 * Memphis Mercury, American women's soccer team * Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States *

Toledo Mercurys The Toledo Mercurys is a discontinued International Hockey League (1945–2001), International Hockey League franchise from Toledo, Ohio. The Toledo Franchise was the first IHL franchise to be granted outside of the Windsor-Detroit area, for the c ...

, a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Ohio, United States

Vehicles

Air

Blackburn Mercury The Blackburn Mercury was an early British aircraft designed as a pilot trainer for the Blackburn Flying School, Filey, in 1911. It was an enlarged, two-seat version of the Second Monoplane that flew earlier that year. It was a mid-wing monop ...

, a British aircraft from 1911 * Bristol Mercury, a nine-cylinder aircraft engine

Land

Mercury (automobile) Mercury is a defunct division (business), division of the American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. Created in 1938 by Edsel Ford, Mercury served as the medium-price brand of Ford for nearly its entire existence, bridging the price ...

, brand of automobiles produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1938 to 2011 *

Mercury (cyclecar) The Mercury was a cyclecar built in Detroit, Michigan, by the Mercury Cyclecar Company at 807 South Scotten Street in 1913-1914. History The Mercury Cyclecar had a self-supporting body that eliminated the need for a chassis frame. The vehicle ...

, an American cyclecar from 1914 * ''Mercury'' (train), a family of New York Central streamliner passenger trains (1936–1958)

Sea

* , several ships of that name *

Cape Cod Mercury 15 The Cape Cod Mercury 15, also called the Mercury Sloop and just the Mercury, is an American trailerable sailboat and sailing dinghy, that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and first built in 1940.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sai ...

, an American sailboat design * Mercury 18, an American sailboat design

Space

Project Mercury Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Un ...

, a United States human spaceflight program, 1958–1963 ** The space capsule used for the flights, also called Mercury * Mercury (satellite), a series of American spy satellites

Other uses

* ''

Archer Maclean's Mercury ''Archer Maclean's Mercury'' is a 2005 puzzle-platform game for the PlayStation Portable developed by the eponymous British game programmer, Archer Maclean and Awesome Studios. In ''Mercury'', the goal is to guide a drop of mercury to its app ...

'', a 2005 PlayStation Portable video game *

Mercury (cipher machine) Mercury was a British cipher machine used by the Air Ministry from 1950 until at least the early 1960s. Mercury was an online rotor machine descended from Typex, but modified to achieve a longer cycle length using a so-called ''double-drum baske ...

, a 1950s British cipher machine *

Mercury Boulevard Mercury Boulevard in the cities of Hampton and Newport News in the Peninsula region of southeastern Virginia carries U.S. Route 258 (US 258) approximately south from Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort on Hampton Roads to the north end o ...

in Virginia, United States *

Mercury Cinema Mercury CX, formerly Media Resource Centre (MRC), is a not-for-profit film and television training organisation based in the Lion Arts Centre on the corner of Morphett Street, Adelaide, Morphett Street and North Terrace, Adelaide, South Austral ...

, a theatre in Adelaide, Australia *

Shuttle America Shuttle America Corporation was an American regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It fed United Airlines flights at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) under the United Express bra ...

's callsign * The Mercury Mall, a shopping centre in Romford, England