BepiColombo completed its fifth flyby of Mercury. During this encounter, it became the first spacecraft to observe Mercury in ...

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 ...

On Sunday 1 024, BepiColombo flew past the planet Mercury for the fifth time, readying itself for entering orbit around the ...

On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six flybys of Mercury. On this most recent rendezvous, the probe was 200 ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft made the "closest flyby of a planet ever" when it flew by Mercury, according to ESA. See ...

The images reveal a haunting view of this rocky world, often referred to as the "Problem Child of the Solar System" due to ...

The BepiColombo Mercury probe flew close to our solar system's innermost planet this week, capturing another haunting image as it zoomed by. On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six ...

The spacecraft collected new data on Mercury using its Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, or MERTIS. The ...

On Sunday 1 December 2024, BepiColombo flew past the planet Mercury for the fifth time, readying itself for entering orbit around the solar system's mysterious innermost planet in 2026. The ...

The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

Humankind accomplished new feats in space this year, including scooping up some of the moon’s farside and launching a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa.