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.

In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

This is already the sixth mission of the BepiColombo probe in Mercury's orbit. This time, it approached the most minor planet ...

This is already the sixth mission of the BepiColombo probe in Mercury's orbit. This time, it approached the most minor planet ...

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 ...

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

Suzie Imber is a co-investigator for the BepiColombo mission, currently on its way to Mercury. She explains how it will cast ...

The video footage shows Mercury's northern plains, characterised by ancient lava flows and craters that have remained in permanent shadow.

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...