Watch the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flyby the closest planet to the sun in this set of images captured. It was the 3rd ...

New photos of Mercury's mysterious north pole reveal a glimpse of the permanently dark, frigid craters that may hold ice dozens of feet thick, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Three images acquired by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft during its sixth Mercury flyby on ...

Enjoy this new video of Mercury, while you treat your ears to an invigorating piece of baroque music. Earlier this month, Mercury took center stage in a recent video montage created from the snapshots ...

This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Flying over ...

A thruster problem has meant a spaceship has passed incredibly close by Mercury – and taken stunning images of the planet. Scientists have been working to overcome a glitch that prevented ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When the BepiColombo Mercury probe made its closest approach yet to its target earlier this month ...

ESA picked out a trio of top images from the BepiColombo mission's sixth flyby of the planet Mercury. Mercury is coming into better focus through the BepiColombo mission. The spacecraft flew by the ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft snapped a photo of the newly named Vivaldi crater as it sped by Mercury on Sept. 4, 2024. Credit: ESA / JAXA / BepiColombo / MTM A robotic orbiter just took its first ...

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its third of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, snapping images of a newly named impact crater as well as tectonic and volcanic curiosities as it adjusts ...