The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study our smallest planetary neighbor ...

BepiColombo will be the second mission to orbit Mercury and the first to study the planet with two spacecraft.

German researchers recently determined Mercury's surface contains much less silica than previously estimated.

Mercury has been shrinking since it formed in our solar system's early days. New evidence, though, suggests it used to be much larger than we thought.

The objectives of a Mercury lander mission will depend on the choice of landing site, but will likely include chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic analyses of Mercury surface materials to provide ...

Europe’s BepiColombo mission is approaching a decisive phase in its journey toward Mercury, where the spacecraft will begin a new chapter of exploration around the planet closest to the Sun, according ...

ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission is close to reaching the end of its 8+ year journey to Mercury.

A new estimate of Mercury's shrinkage shows that this planet may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previous research ...