The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.

Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...

The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...

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

New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in ...

Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views ...

The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...

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A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos ever of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before ...

The European Space Agency has released images the BepiColombo mission collected during its recent flight past Mercury when it ...