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 second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet. 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 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 ...

"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 ...

spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. BepiColombo’s third flyby image showcases the Nathair Facula near Mercury’s upper edge, the site of the ...

of the planet's surface. BepiColombo also passed right over Mercury's north pole. The spacecraft sent back a series of stark images, including photos of the perpetually shadowed Prokofiev ...

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 ...

A photo of Mercury's cratered surface from BepiColombo, a spacecraft on a European and Japanese mission to explore the planet. The image was released Thursday by the European Space Agency.

We've seen BepiColombo images of Mercury before, but this new set brings to light lesser-known features of the planet ... The distance from which these photos were taken was 183 miles (295 ...

(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 ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has made its sixth and final flyby of the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, capturing some incredible images of the tiny world. The photos offer tantalizing hints about ...