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Spacecraft Captures Spectacularly Detailed Images of Mercury’s Hidden Surface

The BepiColombo mission successfully completed its sixth flyby of the innermost planet, moving closer to its final goal of entering its orbit.

Mysterious Mercury Stars In Majestic New BepiColombo Spacecraft Images

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic plains star in the best views from the flyby.

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Insane New Images of Mercury's Surface Captured on Probe's Final Flyby

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. The photos represent a planet in the grip of extremes,

New photos show volcanic plains of Mercury

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New photos show the volcanic plains of Mercury after a spacecraft fly-by

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.

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Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer buzzed the planet's polar region Wednesday. The European

European spacecraft beams back new photos of Mercury

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

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Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar system

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...

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Mercury stuns in incredibly detailed new images

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

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Mercury may have frozen water in craters, spacecraft flyby reveals

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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Closest to the Sun yet, Mercury has craters that could be coldest in Solar System

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

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Mercury: Pictures capture icy craters and sunlit plains of solar system's smallest planet

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

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Planet Mercury Poses for Cameras as Star Trek-Like Spaceship Comes Close to It

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

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See Mercury up close and personal in 'incredible' new images

This is the third time a spacecraft has visited Mercury in the history of space exploration. BepiColombo’s three monitoring ...

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