The BepiColombo robotic explorer - a joint venture between Europe and Japan - swooped as close as 295 km above Mercury's ...

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

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

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 ...

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

As planets go, Mercury is a world of extremes – and one that doesn ... Imber, based at the University of Leicester, UK, is an expert on space weather and says her studies of Mercury could help us ...

Related: 10 jaw-dropping space photos that defined 2024 A third image shows Nathair Facula, a light-colored region left behind by volcanic eruptions in the planet's past. Younger areas on Mercury are ...

The only bright planet that is out of the evening sky loop is Mercury. It starts 2025 rising about 90 minutes before sunrise in the east-southeast sky, but quickly drops into the bright morning ...

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

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

But the planet lacks an atmosphere ... Exploration Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA). The BepiColombo spacecraft will start orbiting Mercury in 2026. Right now, it's conducting a series ...