The BepiColombo mission successfully completed its sixth flyby of the innermost planet, moving closer to its final goal of ...

Mercury's sun-facing side is scorched by temperatures of around 430°C ... Mariner 10 launched in 1973 and imaged around 45% of the planet's surface from 1974 until its end of mission in March 1975.

In 2026, the Bepicolombo Mercury Transfer Module will return to Mercury once again to release the ESA's Mercury Planetary ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.

This is the third time a spacecraft has visited Mercury in the history of space exploration. BepiColombo’s three monitoring ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...

One of the images captured by BepiColombo during its sixth flyby. Stunning detailed images of Mercury have been clicked by BepiColombo as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will make its closest approach to Mercury on 8 January 2025. The spacecraft will fly just ...

After flying through the planet's shadow, BepiColombo got the first close views of Mercury's surface. Flying over the boundary between day and night - known as the "terminator" - the spacecraft ...

At high noon, temperatures can reach ... activity that could be causing the planet to slowly shrink over time. Launched in October 2018, BepiColombo aims to collect data on Mercury's magnetism, ...