The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

NASA has issued a pause for several key scientific committees following President Trump's executive orders to end DEI in ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of its pockmarked surface ...

Three images acquired by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft during its sixth Mercury flyby on Jan. 8, as selected by the ESA. | Credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM The BepiColombo spacecraft has made its ...

"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 ...

Mercury is coming into better focus through the BepiColombo mission. The spacecraft flew by the planet on Jan. 8, snapping a stunning set of closeups as it went. The images show the planet’s ...

BepiColombo, the current spacecraft studying Mercury, is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Launched October 20, 2018, it’s actually two ...

BepiColombo flew just 295 kilometres above Mercury's surface during its cold and dark night, after which it passed over the north pole, continuing its trajectory near the illuminated northern side ...

BepiColombo flew just 295 kilometres above Mercury's surface during its cold, dark night, after which it passed over the north pole, continuing its trajectory near the illuminated northern side of ...

NASA has shared details of what to look out for in the night sky this month, with the moon appearing alongside a parade of planets.

But, in fact, it’s actually really difficult to reach the innermost planet of our solar system—which makes it that much more impressive that the ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission has almost ...