Flying just 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's surface on Jan. 8, 2025, the spacecraft — which was built in the U.K. — imaged craters on the planet's vast sunlit northern plains.

Only when humans started to send space probes to the Moon and other planets did it become necessary to set up a Planetary Nomenclature System. I know that more than 400 craters of Mercury have ...

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole. When you purchase ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

This marks the sixth mission of the BepiColombo probe in Mercury's orbit, bringing it to within just 183 miles of the most minor planet in the Solar System. The close views of the icy craters are ...

Mercury's largest impact crater, which is more than 930 miles (1,496km) wide, was also captured. The European and Japanese robotic explorer flew over Mercury's night side before passing directly ...

A recent spacecraft flyby over Mercury has ... a series of deep craters near Mercury’s north pole. The craft’s monitoring camera successfully passed over the planet’s harsh “terminator ...

"This makes these unlit craters some of the coldest places in the Solar System, despite Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun!" the ESA marveled. What's more, these craters could harbor ...

It was seven years ago when a planetary mission called BepiColombo departed our world. A joint effort of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the ...

Flying 295 km above Mercury, it photographed icy craters, volcanic plains, and the planet's largest impact crater. Mercury reflects two-thirds less light than Earth's Moon, making its surface appear ...