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

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the ...

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

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

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

The dust is typically found deep beneath the ice, but a seasonal process brings some of it to the surface. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also saw winter frost lining the sides of dunes on Mars.

The Met Office has forecast a "grey" Christmas rather than a white one, with sunny spells and "extremely mild" temperatures. The mercury is expected to hover at around 12-13C across much of the UK ...

In Balochistan's capital Quetta, the minimum temperature was recorded at -4°C. Other cities in the province with low mercury include Kalat (-5°C), Nokundi (1°C), Sibi (3°C), Gwadar and Jiwani ...

The planet is, undeniably, getting hotter. Last month was the second-warmest November on record, with the month also marking a record-high monthly average temperature for 10.6 per cent of the world’s ...

Mid-infrared light is invisible to human eyes, but it carries a wealth of information about the mineral makeup and temperature of very hot rocks like those on Mercury's sun-baked surface.