It’s like trying to dock a boat with a mountain floating in space and tumbling really unpredictably and with almost no ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

The CNSA said the Tianwen 2 mission is expected to accomplish multiple objectives through a single expedition, including the ...

China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before ...

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

China launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, in the early hours of Thursday, an endeavour to shed ...

The ESA wrote in its newsletter: "A new entry appeared near the top of our risk list, a moderately large asteroid ... 11 and 24 metres and with a small chance of Earth impact in 2034. The rock ...

A huge asteroid, 2025 JR, has caught the world’s notice because it is on a course for a close approach to Earth.

NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

A large asteroid, 2003 MH4, will pass by Earth on May 24. It is about the size of the Eiffel Tower. The asteroid will travel ...