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

However, you're more likely to read and hear about meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, comets, and asteroids online and in the ...

China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

For example, the Perseid meteor shower occurs every August when Earth intersects with debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. What are some interesting asteroid belts in our solar system? There are a few ...

unlike most meteor showers, which originate from comets, according to NASA. Asteroid 2003 EH1 takes about 5.52 years to orbit the Sun and could be a “dead comet” or “rock comet,” a rare ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley's comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them difficult to spot. The Orionid meteor shower can ...

Unlike a majority of the meteor showers we see on Earth, the Geminids are the product of an asteroid, not a comet. The reliable shower produces bright meteors associated with the asteroid Phaethon ...

while meteor showers happen around the same time every year. So, how are the two connected? [ Related: An ‘oddball’ asteroid-comet hybrid dates back 4.6 billion years.] The answer lies with ...

Unlike most meteor showers, the Geminid meteor shower doesn't originate from a comet, but from an asteroid. Astronomers theorize that the asteroid, 3200 Phaethon, could be what's known as a "dead ...

But one study posits that the asteroid is part of a larger planetary body, possibly a comet, that broke up in a collision or explosion, and the resulting debris gives us the meteor shower.

Like the Geminid meteor shower, the Quadrantids come from a mysterious asteroid or “rock comet,” rather than an icy comet, which is unusual. This particular asteroid is 2003 EH1, which takes 5 ...

The Geminids originate from a "dead" asteroid, rather than a comet. One of the most dramatic astronomical events of the year is scheduled to peak this weekend. The Geminid meteor shower is ...