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Well-awaited gathering with BepiColombo for its sixth Mercury flyby!

On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flew by Mercury for the sixth time, at an altitude of 295 km. This sixth and final flyby reduced the spacecraft’s speed […]

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A tantalizing glimpse of plasma composition during the third Mercury flyby of BepiColombo !

Understanding Mercury’s magnetosphere is crucial for advancing our comprehension of how the solar wind interacts with the planetary magnetospheres. Despite previous missions, several gaps remain in our knowledge of Mercury’s […]

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BepiColombo rediscovers Mercury’s electrons, 50 years after Mariner 10

A technological leap towards Mercury: BepiColombo reveals the dynamics of electrons in the magnetosphere of the planet closest to the Sun. Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, is […]