Its surface, scarred by craters, resembles the Moon. With no atmosphere to regulate temperature, Mercury experiences extreme conditions: daytime highs soar to a scorching 472°C, while nighttime lows ...
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 ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The BepiColombo spacecraft was expected to fly less than 200 miles above the ...