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  "id": 5624760,
  "title": "After an Eight-Year Journey, Two Spacecraft Have Begun Their Arrival to Mercury, the Inner Solar System's Most Mysterious Planet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/after-an-eight-year-journey-two-spacecraft-have-begun-their-arrival",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-04T18:48:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-an-eight-year-journey-two-spacecraft-have-begun-their-arrival-to-mercury-the-inner-solar-systems-most-mysterious-planet-180989458/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study our smallest planetary neighbor",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "After eight-year journey, spacecraft bound for Mercury faces ‘tricky’ arrival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/after-eight-year-journey-spacecraft-bound-for-mercury-faces-tricky",
        "published": "2026-09-03T23:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}