The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...
Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...
For BepiColombo, 2024 was a turbulent year. The mission is a joint project by the European and Japanese Space Agencies – ESA ...
New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in ...
The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.
The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury’s night side before ...
Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views ...
The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of ...