Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Scientists have observed whether the meteorites can reach Earth from Mercury. Over thousands of meteorites from Mars and the ...

Mercury is a mystery. It’s the smallest planet in our solar system, the closest to the Sun, and one of the most extreme. Its ...

Scientists explain why BepiColombo’s mission to Mercury is so tricky The spacecraft is nearing the least explored planet in the inner solar system. By Briley Lewis Published Jan 14, 2025 9:50 AM EST ...

BepiColombo passed a mere 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface at 6:59 CET on Jan. 9. The flyby began on the planet's frigid night side.

BepiColombo’s M-CAM 1 acquired this image of the permanently shadowed craters near Mercury’s north pole. One of the spacecraft’s missions is to determine if, as some scientists think, these ...

The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft, which has been studying Mercury since its launch in 2018, flew just 183 miles above the planet's night side during its final flyby of the planet.

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the mysteries it will soon investigate.

Space BepiColombo snaps Mercury's dark craters and volcanic plains The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of its ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured stunning images of Mercury as it sped past the planet at nearly 3 kilometers per second during its latest flyby. This remarkable event occurred on December ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft may have only made rapid flybys of Mercury, but it is already helping to unravel mysteries surrounding the closest planet to the sun. In 2026, a European Space Agency ...