A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet. The ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning new photos of Mercury's alien surface, from its icy craters to its sun-baked plains. On January 8, the spacecraft passed the tiny planet for the ...

New photos of Mercury's mysterious north pole reveal a glimpse of the permanently dark, frigid craters that may hold ice dozens of feet thick, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

The photos were released by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of BepiColombo, a mission in partnership with Japan to send a spacecraft to Mercury. This latest round of photos comes via the ...

The stunning snapshots reveal a closer look at the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet, highlighting Mercury's largest impact crater, which spans more than 930 miles (1,500 kilometers).

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published ... has flown past the system's innermost planet since its launch in 2018. Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up with all the latest news from ...

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