Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BepiColombo spacecraft made the "closest flyby of a planet ever" when it flew by Mercury, according to ESA. See time-lapsed ...

If you were to ask anyone what they knew about Mercury, chances are you would be met with some pretty generic responses, such as how it’s the closest planet to the Sun, how the planet is quite small, ...

BepiColombo will fly past Earth tomorrow The spacecraft can be viewed using a telescope ESA is offering VR-simulated views of BepiColombo's flyby The spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency ...

A thruster problem has meant a spaceship has passed incredibly close by Mercury – and taken stunning images of the planet. Scientists have been working to overcome a glitch that prevented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On June 23, 2022, the joint European/Japanese Space Agencies’ mission to Mercury, BepiColombo, took a second swing past the solar ...