Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.

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

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos ever of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...

Barely larger than our own Moon, Mercury orbits precariously close to the Sun at an average distance of roughly 58 million ...

Stevenage-built BepiColombo makes final flyby of Mercury ahead of entering the plant's orbit in 2026.

This is the third time a spacecraft has visited Mercury in the history of space exploration. BepiColombo’s three monitoring ...

Japanese spacecraft made its closest flyby of Mercury to date, buzzing the planet’s north pole and peering into shadowed ...

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...

The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.