Mercury
BepiColombo’s First Pictures of Mercury
BepiColombo recently had its first close flyby of Mercury, its eventual mission target, and got to snap some pictures to…
BepiColombo Meets Mercury for the First Time on October 1
BepiColombo made a quick visit to Venus in August and is on to its next rendezvous. On October 1st it'll…
It’s Time to Send a Lander to Mercury
So much in the astronomy community revolves around the decadal survey. Teams of dozens of scientists put hundreds of hours…
Who was Giuseppe ‘Bepi’ Colombo and why Does he Have a Spacecraft Named After him?
Astronomers have an excellent habit of naming large projects after deserving contributors to their field. From Nancy Grace Roman to…
The First Images and Videos from the Double Venus Flyby
Two spacecraft made historic flybys of Venus last week, and both sent back sci-fi-type views of the mysterious, cloud-shrouded planet.…
MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury
Telescopes have captured meteoroids hitting the Moon and several spacecraft imaged Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter in 1994. But…
BepiColombo captured images of Earth during its recent flyby
Farewell! Even though the BepiColombo mission launched for Mercury in 2018, it's still hanging around the Earth - at least,…
The Intense Heat from the Sun Helps Ice Form on Mercury. Wait… What?
While the scorching planet Mercury might not be the first place you’d think to look for ice, the MESSENGER mission…
Satellites Watched Mercury’s Transit From Space, Confirming That Yes, the Sun Has At Least One Planet
Do you wonder how astronomers find all those exoplanets orbiting stars in distant solar systems? Mostly they use the transit…
Mercury has Magnetic Poles that Drift Like Earth’s
Earth's magnetic poles drift over time. This is something that every airplane pilot or navigator knows. They have to account…