The BepiColombo spacecraft—a joint endeavor between the European and Japanese space agencies—has just snapped stunning photographs of Mercury’s north pole during its recent flyby of the innermost planet.

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system. View on euronews

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

New images of the planet Mercury taken by a robotic spacecraft have just been released — and they show the scorched world in fascinating up-close detail.