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

One of the defining characteristics of Mars are its craters. Direct asteroid strikes are no doubt responsible for many of the ...

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

China has launched its Tianwen-2 mission, dispatching a spacecraft to gather samples from an asteroid near to Mars. The China ...

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

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

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 ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX plans an uncrewed Starship voyage to Mars by 2026 despite testing setbacks. Astronomers have identified an ...

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’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 launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from an asteroid near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries ...