A spacecraft has captured detailed images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new light on the mysterious side of the planet.

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer buzzed the planet's polar region Wednesday.

New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in fascinating up-close detail.The European Space Agency (ESA) published the photos as part of BepiColombo,