This year, unlike previous editions where each talk addressed an independent theme, all interventions shared a common thread: the great beginnings in history. The event is designed to offer attendees a global perspective on significant scientific beginnings.
In a session led by Santa Martínez, systems engineer at ESA and coordinator of the BepiColombo mission, the early stages of solar system exploration were highlighted. Martínez noted that Mercury is an almost unknown planet and explained that the BepiColombo mission, a joint effort between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), aims to study its surface composition, internal structure, large iron core, magnetic field, and magnetosphere.
Naukas Bilbao Inicios is part of the scientific dissemination festival Bilbo Zientzia Plaza 2026 (BZP).
