Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these ...

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

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

NASA shows how asteroids shaped Earth’s past. They still hold the power to reset life as we know it, but scientists are ready ...

Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...

The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...

China embarked on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 ...

Tianwen-2 will be aiming for the asteroid 2016 HO3 ... while the "Tianwen-4" will head toward Jupiter. According to The Associated Press, the asteroids, chosen for their relatively stable orbits ...

Most of these celestial wanderers inhabit the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where Jupiter's immense gravitational influence prevents them from assembling into a single world. Ranging ...

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 ...

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