New photos show volcanic plains of Mercury
The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...
The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.
The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...
This is the third time a spacecraft has visited Mercury in the history of space exploration. BepiColombo’s three monitoring ...
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BepiColombo snaps Mercury's dark craters and volcanic plainsThe BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of ...
Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...
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