A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research.

But on September 4, the cameras obtained a clear view of Mercury’s south pole and captured shots of this mysterious planet’s textured surface. BepiColombo flew near Mercury on September 4 ...

Mercury may have a thick layer of diamonds hundreds of miles below its surface, a new study shows. The findings, published June 14 in the journal Nature Communications, may help solve mysteries ...

BepiColombo's 2023 flyby of Mercury's magnetosphere uncovered unexpected insights into plasma and surface composition.

BepiColombo's recent flyby of Mercury captured valuable data on its magnetic field and surrounding space plasma, hinting at ...

Because Mercury orbits so close to the sun, the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetosphere and even the surface of the planet is a lot more intense than at Earth. Exploring the dynamics ...

"It's really exciting to start seeing the link between the planet's surface and the plasma environment." The BepiColombo spacecraft may have only made rapid flybys of Mercury, but it is already ...

Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet. Mercury is slightly larger than our Moon - 15,329 kilometres around its equator. Its radius, the distance from the core's centre to the surface, ...

"These flybys are fast; we crossed Mercury's magnetosphere in about 30 minutes, moving from dusk to dawn and at the closest approach of just 146 miles (235 km) above the planet's surface," Lina ...