BepiColombo, a European-Japanese probe, has finally reached Mercury after spending eight years in space. The mission's difficult journey is now over, and the spacecraft is poised to begin its scientific work.

The probe's main objectives are to study Mercury's magnetic field and internal structure, which remain poorly understood. According to the source, the spacecraft will soon start unravelling those mysteries.

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