A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has quietly unsettled planetary science for decades: how does a planet like this ...
A seven-year, eight-million-kilometer voyage expected to shed light on the mysteries of Mercury, the solar system's least-understood planet, is nearly ready for takeoff. The ambitious BepiColombo ...
Despite being relatively close to us, planet Mercury is one of the least studied places in this solar system. At first, our species ignored it because the conditions there, so close to the Sun, are ...
The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright streaks on Mercury's surface, doodled on ...
ESA picked out a trio of top images from the BepiColombo mission's sixth flyby of the planet Mercury. Mercury is coming into better focus through the BepiColombo mission. The spacecraft flew by the ...
Learn about the bright streaks that may represent recent geological activity on Mercury, which has been considered a dead ...