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New research reveals that Mercury has contracted far more than scientists previously believed, hidden beneath billions of years of asteroid debris. A groundbreaking mission arriving this year will give us unprecedented answers about our solar system's smallest planet.
A European spacecraft just completed an 8-year, 6-billion-mile journey to become only the third mission ever to reach Mercury. The successful arrival marks a major milestone in exploring our solar system's least understood inner planet.
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After traveling through space for eight years, two spacecraft have begun their arrival at Mercury, the solar system's least explored inner planet. The mission will unlock secrets about our mysterious planetary neighbor starting in 2027.
After nearly seven years traveling through space, two science orbiters are finally reaching Mercury to unlock secrets of our solar system's least explored inner planet. The BepiColombo mission will begin separating its spacecraft this week, marking the start of a groundbreaking exploration that could reshape what we know about planetary formation.
After eight years of traveling through space, the BepiColombo mission has successfully deployed its twin science orbiters at Mercury. Two spacecraft are now preparing to unlock secrets of our solar system's smallest, most mysterious planet.
After eight years of spaceflight, Europe's BepiColombo mission is days away from splitting into two probes to study Mercury, one of our solar system's most mysterious planets. The ambitious mission will unlock secrets about the scorching hot world that telescopes on Earth simply cannot see.
Scientists discovered that a single massive asteroid impact could have delivered and spread Mercury's polar water ice in just 176 Earth days. New simulations show how the closest planet to the sun ended up with vast frozen water deposits despite scorching 800-degree temperatures.