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A Mercury-bound science mission from the European and Japanese space agencies began a seven-year journey to the Solar System's smallest planet Oct. 19 aboard and Ariane 5 rocket. SpaceNews.com

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury blasted off on an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou at 01:45:28 GMT on 20 October on its exciting mission to study the mysteries of the Solar System's innermost planet...

Astronomers observed a red dwarf superflare much more powerful than anything our Sun can produce. Bad news for any habitable-zone planets orbiting it. The post A Red Dwarf Blasts off a Superflare. Any Life on its Planets...

BepiColombo takes a snapshot of one of its deployed solar wings

As engineers and technicians work diligently to diagnose and develop a solution (at best) or work around (at worst) the recent gyroscope issues in the Hubble Space Telescope, it gives us a moment to check in and reflect ...

Oct. 20 is International Observe the Moon Night, an annual celebration allowing people all over the world to enjoy the science and beauty from looking at our closest neighbor. Two livestreams will allow you to participat...

The European and Japanese space agencies launched their first mission to Mercury yesterday, but now, the mission's engineers and admirers have to endure a seven-year wait before the project's science begins in earnest.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory remains on course to bounce back from its gyroscope issues soon, mission team members said.

According to a Gallup Poll from 1999, only 50 percent of those surveyed could even name Neil Armstrong as the first man to land on the moon.

Watch BepiColombo lift off into space, with launch build-up and commentary from mission experts

Watch BepiColombo launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket

BepiColombo lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket at 01:45 GMT

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