Scientists have observed whether the meteorites can reach Earth from Mercury. Over thousands of meteorites from Mars and the ...

Sequence of 89 images taken by the monitoring cameras on board the European-Japanese BepiColombo mission to Mercury, as the spacecraft made a close approach of Venus on August 10th, 2021.

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the mysteries it will soon investigate. Skip to main content.

One of BepiColombo’s main mission objectives is to discover whether that water really exists, and how much there is. The vast volcanic plains on Mercury known as Borealis Planitia.

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The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning images of Mercury as it sped past the planet at nearly 3 kilometers per second during its latest flyby. This remarkable event occurred on December ...

During a June 2023 flyby of Mercury, BepiColombo encountered several characteristics of the planet's magnetic field. This field forms a protective magnetic bubble around Mercury and guards the ...

Now BepiColombo is heading back into the solar system before aiming to arrive in orbit around Mercury in November 2026. Then the spacecraft’s main camera will be unshielded and it will take ...

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.

BepiColombo was scheduled to enter orbit around Mercury in December 2025. However, a propulsion system issue meant the spacecraft's thruster could no longer operate at full power.

The BepiColombo spacecraft snapped a photo of the newly named Vivaldi crater as it sped by Mercury on Sept. 4, 2024. Credit: ESA / JAXA / BepiColombo / MTM A robotic orbiter just took its first ...