This work explained the precession of Mercury’s orbit using general relativity. He formulated the correct field equations that describe how matter and energy curve spacetime. AI Will Need to Create ...

How about that eclipse in 2024? Certainly, the Great North American Eclipse of April 8th 2024 was one for the ages, instilling the eclipse-chasing bug in many a new skywatching fan.

As we recently explained, the Earth’s poles draw a great circle in the sky over a 24,000-year cycle, known as precession ... the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury is the one most under our ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo mission has made another flyby of Mercury, capturing fascinating images of this lesser-studied inner planet. On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...

One of the images captured by BepiColombo during its sixth flyby. Stunning detailed images of Mercury have been clicked by BepiColombo as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft will start orbiting Mercury in 2026. Right now, it's conducting a series of flybys of the planet to get into position for that orbit. On Jan. 8, one of those flybys ...