Mercury, or Mercurius, derives from the Roman god Mercury (mythology). It may also refer to:

Science

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• Mercury (element), the chemical element also called quicksilver
• Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun in the solar system
• Mercury (plant), members of the genus Mercurialis
• Project Mercury, an early American program for launching humans into space
• Good King Henry, a species of goosefoot also called mercury or English mercury
• Inches of mercury, a measure of atmospheric pressure
• Mercurius (crater), a crater on the Moon
• USNS Mercury (T-AGM-21), a Vanguard Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship

Culture

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• Freddie Mercury, singer from the rock group Queen
• Mercury (comics), a.k.a. Cessily Kincaid, a Marvel Comics character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance
• Mercury (magazine), a popular astronomy magazine published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Mercury (Amalgam Comics), a combination of the characters Impulse and Quicksilver made for Amalgam Comics
• Mercury (TV series), an 1996 Australian television show
• Mercury FM, a commercial radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom
• Mercury 96.6, a commercial radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
• Mercury dime, a coin preceding the current dime in the United States
• Mercury Music Prize, a British award
• Mercury Records, a commercial record label
• Mercury Theatre, a theatre company founded in New York by Orson Welles and John Houseman
• Mercury, the Winged Messenger, a movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets suite
• Mercury Cider, an alcoholic beverage produced by Cascade Brewery
• The Mercury (Hobart), a newspaper published in Hobart, Australia
• The Mercury (Pennsylvania), a newspaper published in Pennsylvania, United States
• The Mercury (Seattle), a gothic music club in Seattle
• Mercury (album), a 2005 music album by Long-View
• Mercury (song) by the band Counting Crows, from the 1996 album Recovering the Satellites
• Sunday Mercury, a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Mike Mercury, chief test pilot of the Supercar team
• Adam Birch, a professional wrestler with the stage name Joey Mercury
• Ami Mizuno, codenamed Sailor Mercury in the Sailor Moon franchise
• Mercury Rising, a 1998 movie starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin
• Archer Maclean's Mercury, a video game for the PlayStation Portable

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