Inside Mercury: The surprising diamond layer scientists believe exists

Mercury, once thought a simple iron ball, may boast a mile-thick diamond layer beneath its surface. New research suggests ...

Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...
Space.com

NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test

"This marks the first time in the United States that an electric propulsion system has operated at power levels this high, ...
IEEE

VIS-NIR Imaging Spectroscopy of Mercury's Surface: SIMBIO-SYS/VIHI Experiment Onboard the BepiColombo Mission

Abstract: The Visible and Infrared Hyperspectral Imager (VIHI) is one of the three optical heads of the Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYStem (SIMBIO-SYS) ...