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

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

On Jan. 8, one of those flybys brought the craft within 183 miles (295 kilometers) of the planet's surface. BepiColombo also passed right over Mercury's north pole. The spacecraft sent back a series ...

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

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning new photos of Mercury's alien surface, from its icy craters to its sun-baked plains. On January 8, the spacecraft passed the tiny planet for the ...

The photos illuminate a dark planet scientists are eager to ... out the top three images from the flyby, which saw BepiColombo soaring over Mercury’s north pole. “Close-up images expose ...

The photos were released by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of BepiColombo, a mission in partnership with Japan to send a spacecraft to Mercury. This latest round of photos comes via the ...

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." The ...

After passing through Mercury's shadow, BepiColombo's monitoring camera ... the permanently shadowed craters at the planet's north pole. Close-up photo of Mercury's north pole taken by the ...

Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views of the planet’s surface.

(AP) - A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury ... (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Three images acquired by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft during its sixth Mercury flyby ...