Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

British-built spacecraft BepiColombo is just hours away from making its first flyby of Mercury, when it will snap pictures of the Solar System's smallest planet as it passes within 124 miles of its ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: JAXA/ESA The BepiColombo Mercury probe flew close to our solar system's innermost planet ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European and Japanese space agencies launched their first mission to Mercury yesterday (Oct.

The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft is set for a Mercury flyby late on Wednesday (Sept. 4), but thruster issues mean the probe faces a lengthy delay before entering orbit around the ...

Just a month ago, researchers announced the presence of phosphine in the clouds of Venus — an indicator that microbial life might be present on our sister planet. And, in a happy coincidence, there’s ...

ESA's first mission to the planet Mercury lifted off today from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At 10:45 pm GFT (October 20, 01:45 GMT), the BepiColombo spacecraft rose on a tail of fire ...

The BepiColombo deep-space probe has successfully made its flyby of Earth on its journey to explore the planet Mercury. On April 10, 2020, at 6:25 am CEST, the joint ESA/JAXA mission passed within ...

A six-metre tall engineering model of the BepiColombo spacecraft is unveiled at the Science Museum in London during a media preview for its new display Mission to Mercury: BepiColombo. (Photo by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft headed to Mercury can be seen flying low above the ...

BepiColombo is set to begin its long journey to one of the least studied of Earth's seven neighboring planets. It is hoped the probe will offer insights into how our solar system was formed. A ...