The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

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

From breathtaking views of asteroids to stunning planetary snapshots, Hubble’s exploration of our solar system has been ...

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...

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

The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it's necessary for life and for the ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

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

The ESA Solar Orbiter has provided a stunning new look at the Sun by combining 25 high-resolution images. This mosaic offers a detailed view of the solar surface, including sunspots and granules, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The BepiColombo spacecraft was expected to fly less than 200 miles above the ...