Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

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

The BepiColombo mission successfully completed its sixth flyby of the innermost planet, moving closer to its final goal of ...

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

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and Japanese robotic ...

"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 ...

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

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were collected during its closest ever flyby of our solar system’s smallest planet.

New images of Mercury's surface have been released by the ESA, taken by the BepiColombo mission as it passed close to the ...

Moon and other celestial bodies planned by the United States, China, Japan, and the European Space Agency (ESA). These ...

A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...