The photos, by SCNG staff photographer Jeff Gritchen, were shot with Federal Aviation Administration authorization and the cooperation of CalFire. Drones were allowed into the area, but only with ...

This daring manoeuvre brought the spacecraft to within just 295 kilometres of the ... (Photo: ESA/Jaxa) advertisement The mission has been pivotal in gathering data about Mercury, with this flyby ...

(AP) — A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 295 kilometers above Mercury’s night ...

spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. BepiColombo’s third flyby image showcases the Nathair Facula near Mercury’s upper edge, the site of the ...

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system.

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high-definition photos of our scorching hot solar system companion. Mercury is ...

This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Flying over ...

It seems like it should be pretty easy to get to Mercury ... the innermost planet of our solar system—which makes it that much more impressive that the ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission ...

But, in fact, it’s actually really difficult to reach the innermost planet of our solar system—which makes it that much more impressive that the ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission has almost reached ...

of the planet's surface. BepiColombo also passed right over Mercury's north pole. The spacecraft sent back a series of stark images, including photos of the perpetually shadowed Prokofiev ...

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of ... miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole.