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  "id": 5356571,
  "title": "European spacecraft BepiColombo is finally nearing Mercury after 8 years in space",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/european-spacecraft-bepicolombo-is-finally-nearing-mercury-after-8",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/european-spacecraft-bepicolombo-is-finally-nearing-mercury-after-8-years-in-space/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a critical maneuver Thursday, the mission successfully deployed its two science orbiters—beginning the final phases of its arrival at Mercury",
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      {
        "outlet": "ESA Space Science",
        "title": "Media briefing: BepiColombo's next milestone towards Mercury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/media-briefing-bepicolombos-next-milestone-towards-mercury",
        "published": "2026-08-31T14:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "ESA's BepiColombo mission nears major turning point on Mercury approach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/esas-bepicolombo-mission-nears-major-turning-point-on-mercury-approach",
        "published": "2026-09-01T14:43:35.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}