Why is Mercury so unusually dense? Why does it have a magnetic field, but the Moon doesn’t? How does the solar wind change the planet’s geology? Bepi-Colombo aims to address these questions ...

In 2026, a European Space Agency (ESA)/Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) joint mission will fall into orbit around Mercury, the solar system's smallest ... planet — but scientists are curious as to ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...