Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

BepiColombo will collect data that scientists will use to determine if this lava moved into or out of the Caloris basin. BepiColombo's fifth flyby of Mercury occurred on Dec. 1, 2024.

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 ...

BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its latest flyby of Mercury, sending back a sneak peek of the cratered planet it will begin to orbit in 2026.

The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft headed to Mercury can be seen flying low above the atmosphere of Venus in a new video released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday (Aug. 12).

The BepiColombo space mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday and passed within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. BepiColombo will collect science ...

An artist illustrates BepiColombo before its component parts separate. ESA/ATG Medialab. If all goes well, Bepi will cruise through space for about seven years before it reaches orbit around Mercury.

BepiColombo, which is made up of two science orbiters from the European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will make its first flyby of Mercury at 00:34 BST on Saturday.

BepiColombo’s chemical thrusters will stabilize the orbit gradually and, after traveling 5.5 billion miles (8.9 billion km), the mission will at last be underway.

BepiColombo will be only the second mission in history to orbit Mercury, the scorched rocky planet close to the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

BepiColombo launch and separation timeline. ESA. At that time it will make a "gravity-assist" flyby—using the Earth's gravity to swing itself inwards towards Venus. There will also be a gravity ...