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

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

innermost planet. Close-up photos of Mercury’s north pole taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (European Space Agency via AP) Cameras also captured views of neighbouring ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

"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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...