Environmental Protection Agency crews are on scene at a home on Carpenter Street in Northville, cleaning up after a mercury spill from a grandfather clock’s pendulum was reported last Wednesday.

Six planets and the moon will line up this weekend

The Las Vegas Aces have a chance to make history in the WNBA Finals.

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month.

The WNBA finishes off the first half of its season this week before heading into the All-Star break in Indiana, which will be a showcase for young star Caitlin Clark.

Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s called a planetary parade.

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole.

The brother of a boxer who had just won a bout punched the opponent's trainer in the ring in a chaotic post-fight melee in Sydney.

A vehicle carrying three children and one adult was involved in a deadly crash on Detroit’s east side, police say.

There's another chance to see five planets lined up in the sky.

Feeling a little off as of April 21? Don’t fret too much, Wendy's has taken it upon itself to help ease the blow.

If you missed the three-planet cosmic kiss in early March, take note of an even bigger event this week.

There's a special chance this week to see five planets lined up in the night sky.

If you missed the three-planet cosmic kiss in early March, take note of a bigger event at the end of the month.

Mercury Broadband has officially opened its Ann Arbor Service Center.

Tom Ford closed New York Fashion Week on Wednesday with a starry front row and a runway full of big hair, disco cowgirls and sequins for miles.

A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system’s innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025.

A joint European-Japanese spacecraft is set to fly by Mercury for the first time on its path to deliver two probes into the planet's orbit in 2025.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation program for people who were exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War.

A three-day celebration of what would have been history-making astronaut John Glenn’s 100th birthday has begun in his birthplace and childhood hometown in Ohio, even as further plans are announced.

Two unidentified men were killed in a car crash early Monday morning.

Temperatures dip this evening, then nose dive overnight. Highs will be in the low 40s in the Motor City area and Southern Lower Michigan. Still seasonably chilly with highs in the low 40s. Highs will be near 60 degrees each day with early-morning lows in the 40s or near 50 degrees. Remember to download the FREE Local4Casters weather app -- it’s easily one of the best in the nation.

Highs will be in the low 40s in the Motor City area and Southern Lower Michigan. WATCH: Metro Detroit afternoon forecastSunset is at 6:29 p.m.Saturday evening will be fair and chilly. Still seasonably chilly with highs in the low 40s. Highs will be near 60 degrees each day with early-morning lows in the 40s or near 50 degrees. Remember to download the FREE Local4Casters weather app -- it’s easily one of the best in the nation.

DETROIT – Welcome to Saturday morning and the first full weekend of March and meteorological spring, Motown. Temperatures start in the upper teens and low 20s. Highs will be in the low 40s in the Motor City area and Southern Lower Michigan. Still seasonably chilly with highs in the low 40s. In men’s college basketball, Michigan takes on MSU in East Lansing at 4:30 p.m.Monday will be bright and milder.

After plenty of sunshine and highs near or just above 40 degrees, temperatures fall to the 30s at dinnertime. In women’s college basketball, Michigan State University will host Wisconsin at 2 p.m., and Michigan hosts Northwestern at 3 p.m. Saturday. In men’s college basketball, Michigan will take on Michigan State University in East Lansing at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday will be even warmer with mostly sunny skies and daytime temps reaching the low 60s. Remember to download the FREE Local4Casters weather app -- it’s easily one of the best in the nation.

DETROIT – Three people have been killed in a crash early Monday morning in eastbound lanes of I-94 at Chalmers Street in Detroit. The crash happened before 2 a.m. According to Michigan State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that a Chevrolet Camaro was speeding when it hit a Mercury SUV. The Camaro had a 39-year-old man behind wheel and a 38-year-old woman passenger. State police report excessive speed and alcohol are contributing factors in this crash.

BERLIN – A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. The fly-by is the second of nine so-called planetary gravity assists that the spacecraft needs for its seven-year trip to Mercury. Mercury’s extreme temperatures, the intense gravity pull of the sun and blistering solar radiation make for hellish conditions. BepiColombo will make one more fly-by of Venus and six of Mercury itself to slow down before its arrival in 2025. The last spacecraft to visit Mercury was NASA’s Messenger probe, which ended its mission in 2015 after a four-year orbit.

Or it could be that Mercury is entering retrograde, and it’s super rude. This time, Mercury is in retrograde from Oct. 13 until Nov. 3 -- that’s right, another election. What’s Mercury in Retrograde even mean? Astronomers refer to this as “apparent retrograde motion,” because it is an optical illusion. Believers in the malevolent power of Mercury retrograde blame the phenomenon for everything from arguments to lost mail or luggage to automobile accidents and warn people to hold back on conducting important business during this time.

Sunshine will be summer 2020′s final calling card and fall 2020′s first. Temperatures drop from the upper 60s to the low 60s after dinnertime. Afternoon temperatures reach the low 60s. Wednesday is fall 2020′s first full day, and it will be mostly sunny and warm with highs in the upper 70s. · Track the live Michigan Weather Radar here· Track severe weather alerts here· Submit storm photos here· Find more weather forecast articles at Weather Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Mercury-bound spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, tweaking its roundabout path to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched 1 1/2 years ago, Europe and Japan’s BepiColombo spacecraft passed within 8,000 miles (12,700 kilometers) of Earth. The closest approach occurred over the South Atlantic, with telescopes in Chile catching a glimpse of the speeding spacecraft. The gravity tug from Earth slowed BepiColombo and put it on a course closer to the sun. The spacecraft — comprised of two scientific orbiters — should reach Mercury in 2025, after swinging twice past Venus and six times past Mercury itself.

ADDS DATE- This image provided by NASA shows the planet Mercury in silhouette, low center, as it transits across the face of the sun on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. The solar system's smallest, innermost planet will resemble a tiny black dot Monday as it passes directly between Earth and the sun. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury — a tiny black dot — as it passed directly between Earth and the sun on Monday. Mercury is the solar system's smallest, innermost planet.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 21: Odyssey Sims #1 of the Minnesota Lynx drives against Kayla McBride #21 of the Las Vegas Aces during their game at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In terms of their matchup against the Dream, the Sparks came out on top the last time these teams met, 76-71 on July 14. Seattle Storm vs. Las Vegas Aces Preview (tipoff 10 p.m. EST)With All-Star A'ja Wilson out due to an ankle sprain, the Aces are looking to boune back after suffering a loss to the Storm on July 19. The loss snapped the Aces five game winning streak but the team bounced back with a win over Minnesota on Sunday. The Mercury are looking to win their third straight game against a struggling Indiana Fever team.

Candace Park (ankle), Alana Beard (hamstring), Alexis Jones (knee) and Maria Vadeeva (knee) are all out for the Sparks. In terms of their matchup against the Dream, the Sparks came out on top the last time these teams met, 76-71 on July 14. The Dream have also been hit with injury; their leading scorer, Tiffany Hayes, has been dealing with a hamstring injury. Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury Preview (tipoff 10 p.m. EST)Phoenix has long been known for its scoring, and with good reason. The Mercury are looking to win their third straight game against a struggling Indiana Fever team.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have detected bromine atoms in the atmosphere for the first time. Although researchers have suspected bromine reacts with ozone and mercury, no one has measured bromine atoms found in the atmosphere until now. According to Wang, bromine atoms are extremely difficult to measure simply because there are very few places they exist on Earth and because bromine is only reactive at lower levels. Bromine is synthesized when sunlight meets the Arctic snow, causing a chemical reaction in the snow's surface to produce molecular bromine two bromine atoms hooked together. With this new capability of measuring bromine atoms, we can improve our ability to predict mercury chemistry on a global scale, Wang said.

For those who will be witnessing totality during the Great American Eclipse on Monday, you’re in for a real treat: not only will you see the sun completely blocked by the new moon -- so long as it’s not cloudy -- but it will get eerily dark. Birds may become confused or stop flying. And if you know where to look, you may even be able to spot a hidden planet.