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

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

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.

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 ...

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

Europe's BepiColombo mission will enter orbit of the solar system's first planet in about two years, but it's been whizzing past Mercury regularly as it lines up its approach. The ESA reports that ...

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.