The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.
The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...
The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, residing just 36 million miles from our Solar System’s center. However, not too far above its surface, the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo probe has taken ...
Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views ...
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft achieved a monumental milestone on January 8, 2025, with its sixth and ...
The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...
A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos ever of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic ...
The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before ...
The European Space Agency has released images the BepiColombo mission collected during its recent flight past Mercury when it ...