despite the fact that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Previous observations suggested that these permanent shadows might host frozen water, an exciting hypothesis that the BepiColombo ...

Here's everything you need to know about the Mercury retrograde shadow period—and why it doesn't have to mean feeling defeated at every turn. A key thing to know about the planet of ...

on Mercury, dark equals cold. At night, temperatures can plunge to minus 290 F (minus 180 C). The planet's north pole is pockmarked by craters whose bottoms are always in shadow. Research has ...

Here's everything you need to know about what it is and how the post-retrograde shadow will affect you. Mercury retrograde refers to the period of time where Mercury moves slower than the Earth around ...

After passing through Mercury's shadow, BepiColombo's monitoring camera 1 (M-CAM 1) captured its first close-up views of the planet's surface. Flying over the "terminator"—the boundary between ...

Around seven minutes later, it passed directly over the Mercury's north pole - exposing possibly icy craters whose floors are in permanent shadow - before getting clear views of the planet's ...