we expect this encounter to provide us with beautiful images and important scientific insights into the least-explored terrestrial planet," Geraint Jones, a scientist at the ESA, said in a statement.

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. These planets are relatively small in size and in mass. A terrestrial planet has a solid rocky surface, with metals deep in its interior.

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of Mercury, as scientists now work to guide BepiColombo into the planet’s orbit.