The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the ...

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

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 ...

Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back three images of Mercury after a brief flyby of the planet on Jan. 8, 2025.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 ...

The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...

Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views of the planet’s surface.

Japanese spacecraft made its closest flyby of Mercury to date, buzzing the planet’s north pole and peering into shadowed craters.

In one final hurrah, the BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury and captured extraordinary close-up images of the planet ...