Mercury may have gotten much of its polar ice within a single Mercurian day following a massive asteroid impact, a new study ...
Although Mercury is closest to the Sun, it remains one of the hardest worlds to reach. The BepiColombo mission, a project by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is ...
The most impressive feature on Mercury is the Caloris Basin, a vast, multi-ringed crater over 800 miles across, which is ...
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury hosts water ice at its poles. Now scientists may know how it got there.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday. NASA’s Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun’s ...
Right: Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter Mio of the BepiColombo mission; Left: Earth’s GEOTAIL satellite. The illustration highlights comparative studies of planetary magnetospheres. An international ...
Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has offered a definitive date for the BepiColombo mission’s arrival at Mercury.
Pieces of Mercury may have been found on Earth, potentially allowing scientists to study the Solar System's innermost planet. While we have sent two spacecraft to Mercury – Mariner 10 and MESSENGER – ...
Turns out, it's as tough to drop inward into the inner solar system, as it is to head outward. The problem stems from losing momentum from a launch starting point on Earth. It can take missions ...