A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole ... a 20th ...

New photos of Mercury's mysterious north pole reveal a glimpse of the ... during the day, according to NASA. But the planet lacks an atmosphere to hold that heat in — so, on Mercury, dark equals cold.

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

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." The ...

Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...

Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views of the planet’s surface.

(AP) - A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury ... mathematician who contributed to NASA's Mariner 10 mission to Mercury in the 1970s and, two decades ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were collected during its closest ever flyby of our solar system’s smallest planet.

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

New photos of Mercury's mysterious north pole reveal a ... during the day, according to NASA. But the planet lacks an atmosphere to hold that heat in — so, on Mercury, dark equals cold.