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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 ...
Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft captured close-up images of Mercury’s north pole during its final flyby, offering new views ...
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 ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...
Stevenage-built BepiColombo makes final flyby of Mercury ahead of entering the plant's orbit in 2026.
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