Japan's Mio space probe now en route to Mercury ... As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is exposed to strong plasma waves and its surface temperature measures up to 430 degrees.

The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) probe arrived in August 2011 and is the first ever to orbit Mercury. Since its arrival it has been returning ...

above the surface of the solar system's innermost planet. The gravity assist maneuver is part of what will be the probe's eight-year voyage to enter orbit around Mercury, helping to reduce the ...

This question will likely be answered once the probe is fully operational in 2026. Another intriguing discovery involves the detection of cold ions at Mercury's surface, such as oxygen, sodium, and ...

Mercury is finally back in the spotlight, with a space probe zooming past its cratered surface for the first time in six years. As it flew past Mercury on Friday, the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

Mariner 10 launched in 1973 and imaged around 45% of the planet's surface from 1974 until its end of mission in March 1975. MESSENGER was launched in 2004 and entered Mercury's orbit in 2011, making ...

"The sun's magnetic field is key to understanding the dynamic nature of our home star from the smallest to the largest scales ...