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 ...

Once feared as a threat to Earth, the asteroid Apophis is now considered to pose a rare exploration opportunity — if space ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within ...

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

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

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

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

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

China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A ...

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