Scientists explain why BepiColombo’s mission to Mercury is so tricky
Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...
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Spacecraft captures high-def images of Mercury during very close flyby
A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...
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The physicist on a mission to understand Mercury's epic solar storms
Suzie Imber is a co-investigator for the BepiColombo mission, currently on its way to Mercury. She explains how it will cast ...
Stunning new images of Mercury show the scorched planet's north pole
New images of Mercury's surface have been released by the ESA, taken by the BepiColombo mission as it passed close to the ...
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Planet Mercury
Its radius, the distance from the core's centre to the surface, is 2,440 kilometres. Mercury is about 2.6 times smaller than Earth. How hot is Mercury? Mercury's sun-facing side is scorched by ...
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New study claims the Sun will destroy Mercury, Venus, and Earth – here’s when
When it does, scientists say that the Sun will destroy Earth, Mercury, and Venus, leaving our entire solar system devastated. One day, the Sun may destroy Earth or make it unlivable due to the ...
New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft
A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...
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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters
"The moment when we first looked at the MERTIS flyby data and could immediately distinguish impact craters was breathtaking!" ...