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January 11, 2025

Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar system

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The BepiColombo spacecraft was expected to fly less than 200 miles above the surface of the Swift Planet. The spacecraft is expected to continue its journey and enter Mercury’s orbit, where it will study the planet's surface features and magnetic field.

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La Nina’s impacts were felt before NOAA declared pattern underway

Weather patterns across the U.S. and the world from October through December resembled patterns from previous La Niña events. La Niña is considered to be the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and is characterized by lower-than-average sea-surface temperatures, with anomalies of at least -0.5 degrees Celsius over critical parts of the central and eastern Pacific.

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