Suzie Imber is a co-investigator for the BepiColombo mission, currently on its way to Mercury. She explains how it will cast new light on the planet's many oddities, including its awful space weather ...

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 ...

This is already the sixth mission of the BepiColombo probe in Mercury's orbit. This time, it approached the most minor planet in the Solar System to a distance of just 295 kilometres. The closer looks ...

Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it difficult for spacecraft to slow down enough to enter orbit around the ...

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 ...