See the gorgeous images of Mercury taken by BepiColombo
The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft recently made a close flyby of Mercury, and it snapped some stunning pictures along the way.
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Read more: Twin Probes Suffer Thruster Glitch on the Way to MercuryFor more than five years, a pair of spacecraft have been traveling through the solar system to reach the innermost planet Mercury and observe its extreme conditions. During its complex journey, the BepiColombo mission ran into a problem that’s preventi…
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Multiple Spacecraft Tell the Story of One Giant Solar Storm
Read more: Multiple Spacecraft Tell the Story of One Giant Solar StormApril 17, 2021, was a day like any other day on the Sun, until a brilliant flash erupted and an enormous cloud of solar material billowed away from our star. Such outbursts from the Sun are not unusual, but this one was unusually widespread, hurling high-speed protons and electrons at velocities nearing the speed of…
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Mercury Probe Flies Through Charged Particle Rain That Triggers the Planet’s Auroras
Read more: Mercury Probe Flies Through Charged Particle Rain That Triggers the Planet’s AurorasOn October 1, 2021, a pair of small spacecraft got their first good look at the closest planet to the Sun, revealing the strange process through which Mercury produces its own auroras.Read more…
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Mercury Probe Captures Breathtaking New Images During Latest Flyby
Read more: Mercury Probe Captures Breathtaking New Images During Latest FlybyA probe is familiarizing itself with the closest planet to the Sun, gearing up to explore Mercury’s heavily cratered surface. The BepiColombo mission recently captured stunning new images of Mercury during a close flyby, which resulted in the naming of…
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Mercury Floats in Front of the Sun in New Images From the Solar Orbiter
Read more: Mercury Floats in Front of the Sun in New Images From the Solar OrbiterOn January 3, the Solar Orbiter spotted Mercury passing in front of the Sun. The transit of the small, dark orb puts the scale of our solar system into sharp relief.Read more…
