The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...

NASA's NIAC program is investing in visionary ideas that could revolutionize space exploration. From fusion-powered ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

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

This January and February, a rare planetary alignment featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will be ...

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

This marks the sixth mission of the BepiColombo probe in Mercury's orbit, bringing it to within just 183 miles of the most minor planet in the Solar System. The close views of the icy craters are ...

The stunning snapshots reveal a closer look at the solar system’s smallest and ... who played a crucial role in NASA’s Mariner 10 mission to Mercury in the 1970s. Colombo’s contributions ...

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 ... following NASA's Messenger mission in 2011.

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration ... least studied in the solar system, primarily due to its proximity to the Sun. NASA estimates that daytime ...

Witness a rare celestial spectacle! Seven planets, including Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, will ...