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BepiColombo spacecraft studies Venus on its way to Mercury – Digital Trends

Space probe BepiColombo has just flown past Venus, and researchers are making use of this flyby to collect information on our mysterious neighboring planet.

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Space probe BepiColombo was launched in 2018 and is currently zipping through the vast blackness of the solar system on its way to explore Mercury. But on its journey, it has just flown past Venus, and the researchers are making use of this flyby to collect information on our mysterious neighboring planet.
The BepiColombo mission, a joint venture between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), is a spacecraft full of instruments to study the magnetosphere of Mercury an…

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