it has been assumed that the new mercury surface exposed in the jet is uncharged, and that the charging of the surface takes place comparatively slowly, so that if the drops follow one another ...

From just 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface, ESA's BepiColombo transfer probe has captured stunning close-up images while on its final flyby of the tiny, sunbaked world.

This image of Mercury's surface was taken by M-CAM 1 on board the Mercury Transfer Module (part of ... [+] the BepiColombo spacecraft), using an integration time of 40 milliseconds. Taken from ...

Mariner 10 showed us that Mercury’s surface is cratered and barren, lacking any atmosphere but possessing a huge metal core. MESSENGER revealed dormant volcanoes, water ice hiding in shadowed ...

Mercury's surface can reach a blistering 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius) during the day, according to NASA. But the planet lacks an atmosphere to hold that heat in — so, on Mercury ...

9. The spacecraft was a mere 183 miles above Mercury’s surface, giving it a good look at the pockmarked surface. BepiColombo's cameras captured Mercury as the spacecraft flew over the boundary ...

Mercury will meet with Jupiter retrograde in an inspiring trine, encouraging bold ideas and out-of-the-box thinking. Here's ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new packaging solution that can reduce the ...