NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

A spacecraft has captured incredibly detailed images of Mercury during a close flyby. BepiColombo, a joint ESA-JAXA mission, ...

Suzie Imber is a co-investigator for the BepiColombo mission, currently on its way to Mercury. She explains how it will cast ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back three images of Mercury after a brief flyby of the planet on Jan. 8, 2025.

The video footage shows Mercury's northern plains, characterised by ancient lava flows and craters that have remained in permanent shadow.

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

This was its final planetary flyby until it enters orbit around the planet in late 2026. The video begins with BepiColombo's approach to Mercury, showing images taken by onboard monitoring cameras 1 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo mission has made another flyby of Mercury, capturing fascinating images of this lesser-studied inner planet. On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...

This is already the sixth mission of the BepiColombo probe in Mercury's orbit. This time, it approached the most minor planet in the Solar System to a distance of just 295 kilometres. The closer looks ...

Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...