The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of its pockmarked surface ...
The Caloris basin is also visible in the bottom left of the photograph; with a span of more than 932 miles wide, it’s the planet’s largest impact crater, and it features linear troughs ...
In one of the most striking images, the spacecraft photographed the planet's largest impact crater, the Caloris Basin, which spans more than 930 miles in diameter. The Caloris Basin, created by a ...
Dominating the bottom left is the massive Caloris basin, spanning 1,500 km, surrounded by radiating troughs from its ancient impact. A bright lava flow near a deep trough hints at volcanic ...