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

The BepiColombo spacecraft came within 183 miles (295 kilometers) of Mercury’s surface during its sixth and final flyby, the European Space Agency announced Thursday. The stunning snapshots ...

The European Space Agency released stunning snapshots showing the permanently shadowed craters at the top of our solar system ...

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the ...

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) released the stunning snapshots ... Cameras also captured views of neighboring, sunlit volcanic plains and Mercury's largest impact crater, which spans over ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole. The European Space Agency released the stunning snapshots Thursday, showing the permanently shadowed craters at the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo mission has made another flyby of Mercury, capturing fascinating images of this lesser-studied inner planet. On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole. When you purchase ...