Tianwen 2 is China's second planetary exploration mission, following on from the Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter and rover, which ...

An asteroid, 2025 KX8, will closely approach Earth on June 4, 2025. NASA is monitoring the space rock, which is about 36 ...

Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that has captured global attention due to its close approach predicted for the year 2029.

China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before ...

A massive asteroid, expected to be larger than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, will pass close to Earth on June 5. Measuring between 1,017 and 2,264 feet, it is bigger than 97 per cent of ...

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

Called Asteroid 424482 (2008 DG5), the space rock was classified as a 'potentially hazardous asteroid' by NASA due to its close passes with Earth. The lump of space rock is bigger than 97 per cent of ...

Asteroid 2025 JR, about the size of a 25-story building, is set to pass Earth on May 28 at a distance of 4.6 million ...

The latest mission out of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) will examine not one, but two space bodies. After ...

JR is an Apollo class, defined by the Earth-crossing orbits. With a speed of around 40,800 kilometres per hour (25,356 miles ...

Plan is for spacecraft to first visit 2016 HO3, which could be a fragment of the moon, then start a seven-year journey to ...

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