A colossal asteroid named 424482 (2008 DG5) will make a close approach to Earth on June 5, passing at a distance of ...

The Tianwen-2 mission by China targets asteroid 2016 HO3 to gather samples, with plans for future missions to Mars and ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, set to make the fast-growing space power the third ...

China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them ...

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

It took Resilience more than four months to reach the Moon after its launch on January 15 by SpaceX. It entered the lunar orbit on May 7 and began its descent from an altitude of 100 kilometres.

China earlier returned rock samples from the moon's far side back to Earth in a historic mission and has welcomed ...

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

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

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