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

The researchers said 2017 OF201 was identified in observations by telescopes in Chile and Hawaii spanning seven years.

Astronomers have just discovered a new celestial body in our solar system that could challenge major space theory. 2017 OF201 ...

Deimos, at a much safer distance, is likely to escape this carnage; its fate, however, is not clear. Observations such as ...

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...

The CZ-3B/E Y110 flew on an eastbound path and launched Tianwen-2 on an Earth escape trajectory. Tianwen-2 will orbit ...

Residents of Maoming, China were treated to a celestial light show earlier this week when a surprise fireball burst to life ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

Some astronomers say the strange, clustered orbits of icy rocks beyond Neptune indicate that something big is out there, ...

Carrying the Tianwen-2 asteroid probe, China's Long March-3B carrier rocket takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

Now three months past its conjunction with the sun in March, Saturn is currently well separated from the dawn glow. On June 1 ...