Mercury stuns in incredibly detailed new images
The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were collected during its closest ever flyby of our solar system’s smallest planet. You can check out the awe-inspiring images below.
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Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar systemThe European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...
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 spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
The planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further ...
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