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The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the mission into orbit around the planet ... The images, which reveal the ...

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.

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A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years.

However, not too far above its surface, the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo probe has taken the most detailed photos of the first planet ever. Referee threatened to award touchdown to Eagles ...

The snapshots were collected during its closest ever flyby of our solar system’s smallest planet. You can check out the awe-inspiring images below. On January 8, the robotic explorer operated by ...