European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed ...

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 European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 295 kilometers above Mercury’s night side before passing ...

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 ...

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 ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 295 kilometres above Mercury’s night side before passing directly over the planet ... up photo of Mercury showing northern plains taken ...

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

ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission recently completed its last flyby of Mercury, revealing stunning details about the ...

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