Only two missions have reached Mercury before BepiColombo: NASA’s Mariner 10 flybys in the 1970s and MESSENGER, which orbited the small world from 2011 to 2015. Mariner 10 showed us that Mercury ...
Europe's BepiColombo mission ... Mercury's magnetic field, surface features, and internal structure. Editor's Note: The original headline of this story has been updated to clarify that this isn't ...
Using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft ... and the premature end of Mercury's volcanic era. Also among these puzzles are ...
A layer of diamonds was found beneath Mercury's surface. This could help scientists understand the planet's unusual magnetic ...
NASA astronaut Nick Hague holds a patch for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) at the end of a T-handle tool during a training exercise on May 16, 2024, in the NBL (Neutral ...
These missions promise to advance scientific knowledge and inspire future generations to look to the stars. NASA is central in ... on the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. In January 2025 ...
Scientists have made a stunning discovery about Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system. Using data from NASA's Messenger ... The presence of graphite patches on Mercury's surface led ...
Mercury ' s inner core is solid and about the same size as Earth ' s inner core, a new study using observations from NASA's MESSENGER mission has indicated. Mercury is the smallest planet in our ...
Europe's BepiColombo mission will enter orbit of the solar system's first planet in about two years, but it's been whizzing past Mercury regularly ... following NASA's Messenger mission in 2011.