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 directly over the planet’s north pole. The European Space Agency released the ...

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 ...

BepiColombo flew just 295 kilometres above Mercury's surface during its cold, dark night, after which it passed over the north pole, continuing its trajectory near the illuminated northern side of ...

BepiColombo flew just 295 kilometres above Mercury's surface during its cold and dark night, after which it passed over the north pole, continuing its trajectory near the illuminated northern side ...

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 planet's volcanic plains and icy craters.

ESA/BepiColombo/MTM 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 ...