A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet. The ...

The photos illuminate a dark planet scientists are eager to ... out the top three images from the flyby, which saw BepiColombo soaring over Mercury’s north pole. “Close-up images expose ...

The photos were released by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of BepiColombo, a mission in partnership with Japan to send a spacecraft to Mercury. This latest round of photos comes via the ...

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 ...

After passing through Mercury's shadow, BepiColombo's monitoring camera ... the permanently shadowed craters at the planet's north pole. Close-up photo of Mercury's north pole taken by the ...

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." The ...

We've seen BepiColombo images of Mercury before, but this new set brings to light lesser-known features of the planet ... The distance from which these photos were taken was 183 miles (295 ...

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 ...

After flying over the planet's north pole, the spacecraft had clear views of Mercury's sunlit northern hemisphere. BepiColombo carries two orbiters—one designed by the European Space Agency and ...

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