Mercury, European Space Agency

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...
The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will make its closest approach to Mercury on 8 January 2025. The spacecraft will fly just ...
The presence of a North Pole star is a coincidence that has saved lives and perhaps changed history, but is it shared across ...