BepiColombo Unmasks Mercury’s Hidden Surface With Infrared Breakthrough
BepiColombo completed its fifth flyby of Mercury. During this encounter, it became the first spacecraft to observe Mercury in ...
Hidden Details of Mercury’s Surface Revealed in Groundbreaking Infrared Imaging
The spacecraft collected new data on Mercury using its Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, or MERTIS. The ...
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BepiColombo’s fifth flyby of Mercury reveals planet’s surface...
The first observations from MERTIS revealed that certain areas of Mercury’s surface shine brighter in the mid-infrared than others. More specifically, the Caloris Basin and parts of a large volcanic ...
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BepiColombo Reveals Mercury’s Hidden Surface in Stunning Infrared Detail
The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...
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BepiColombo probe captures haunting Mercury image on 5th of 6 gravity assist flybys (photo)
On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six flybys of Mercury. On this most recent rendezvous, the probe was 200 ...
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Why Mercury Remains a Mystery: Three Key Exploration Challenges
Credit: ESA The closest NASA’s Mariner 10 got to the surface of Mercury during one of its three brief encounters was 327 km ...
BepiColombo's fifth Mercury flyby
On Sunday 1 024, BepiColombo flew past the planet Mercury for the fifth time, readying itself for entering orbit around the ...
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Planet Mercury seen 'in a different light' for first time
The first spacecraft observations of Mercury in mid-infrared wavelengths provide information on the composition of its surface. Following a final flyby on 8 January 2025, the mission will embark on ...