The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

BepiColombo has already done some neat science on its journey. “We learned a lot about the solar wind, the magnetospheric environment around Mercury and Venus, and we could test our experiments ...

Ice, ice, baby — too cold, too cold. A recent spacecraft flyby over Mercury has experts believing that the planet closest to the sun has “frozen water” on its surface — and they’re ...

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

Recent research has focused on various aspects of Mercury's planetary science, including its interior dynamics, surface composition, and geological features. These studies aim to enhance our ...

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Understanding Mercury can help scientists understand Earth and how the rocky planets of the inner solar system formed. The BepiColombo flyby images are a tantalizing preview of the science yet to ...

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.

is whether water ice really exists in the planet's craters and what Mercury's surface is actually made of. Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of its pockmarked surface ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole. The European Space Agency ...