Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has a unique exosphere that is influenced by various factors, including solar wind interactions, surface composition, and micro-meteoroid impacts.

Launched in October 2018, BepiColombo aims to collect data on Mercury's magnetism, gaseous exosphere, and surface features that could help explain these oddities and more. On the way, its ...

A bounty of carbon that could take the form of a thick layer of diamond. Some kind of activity that could be causing the planet to slowly shrink over time. Launched in October 2018, BepiColombo aims ...

Mercury's magnetosphere is more compressed ... in 3D through the planet’s very thin atmosphere, known as its exosphere," MPPE instrument lead Dominique Delcourt, from the Laboratoire de Physique ...

and discovered a surprising amount of water in Mercury’s exosphere. It also found evidence for past volcanic activity and the possibility that Mercury has a liquid-iron core. Since March 17 ...

These are the last images from M-CAMs before separation for a detailed planetary study. BepiColombo's mission launched in 2018 to explore Mercury's geology, magnetic field, and exosphere. Scientists ...