BepiColombo, the current spacecraft studying Mercury, is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.

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

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 ...

Bepi took a great picture of Mercury’s terminator – the line between night and day – showcasing craters Prokofiev, Kandinsky, ...

A spacecraft making its final flyby of Mercury has captured incredible images. BepiColombo spacecraft made its sixth pass of ...

Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury’s night side before ...

On January 8, 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its sixth flyby of Mercury, flying just 295 km above the ...

The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.

The European Space Agency has released images the BepiColombo mission collected during its recent flight past Mercury when it ...

In one final hurrah, the BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury and captured extraordinary close-up images of the planet ...