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 asteroid will pass at a distance of 6.68 million kilometres from Earth, which is roughly 17 times closer than the ...

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

China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid China launched its second planetary exploration mission ...

Astronomers are using data from the recently decommissioned star-mapping satellite to help determine masses and more accurate ...

Elon Musk aims for an uncrewed Starship launch to Mars by 2026, following setbacks. Meanwhile, astronomers observe a unique ...

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

China launched its first mission to retrieve asteroid samples, a significant step in the country's ambitious space program.

The latest mission out of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) will examine not one, but two space bodies. After ...

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

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