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

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were collected during its closest ever flyby of our solar system’s smallest planet. You can check out the awe-inspiring images below.

New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in fascinating up-close detail.

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic plains star in the best views from the flyby.

European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole.

The BepiColombo spacecraft—a joint endeavor between the European and Japanese space agencies—has just snapped stunning photographs of Mercury’s north pole during its recent flyby of the innermost planet.