Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...
The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
Barely larger than our own Moon, Mercury orbits precariously close to the Sun at an average distance of roughly 58 million ...
The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.
Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views ...
On January 8, 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its sixth flyby of Mercury, flying just 295 km above the ...
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft achieved a monumental milestone on January 8, 2025, with its sixth and ...
Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, residing just 36 million miles from our Solar System’s center. However, not too far above its surface, the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo probe has taken ...
A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos ever of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic ...
The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury’s night side before ...