space BepiColombo Snaps New Images of Mercury During Its Third Flyby During its recent flyby, BepiColombo made measurements of the planet's environment and snapped images of its scorched surface. The European Space Agency (ESA) released the first batch of images just 24 hours after the closest approach.
space BepiColombo Makes Its Second Mercury Flyby During this flyby, BepiColombo approached the planet from the night side. The next Mercury flyby of BepiColombo is scheduled to take place about one year from now.
space Astronomers Confirm the Existence of Ice Deposits at Mercury's Poles A team of U.S. researchers combined the data it collected with MESSENGER observations and created the most detailed map of water ice deposits on Mercury and even determined its degree of purity.
space BepiColombo Mission Captures First Images of Mercury On the night of October 2, BepiColombo approached the planet at a distance of 199 km and collected data using its sensors. Ten minutes after the fly-by, the spacecraft took a series of images.
