Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

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

European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of its pockmarked surface ...

BepiColombo, the current spacecraft studying Mercury, is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Launched October 20, 2018, it's actually two ...

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

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." The ...

ESA's BepiColombo spacecraft is currently undertaking a series of gravity-assisted maneuvers around Mercury, capturing ...

In a thrilling close approach, the BepiColombo mission captured its final, stunning images of Mercury before its orbit ...

ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission recently completed its last flyby of Mercury, revealing stunning details about the ...

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, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...

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 ...