The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...
The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...
The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.