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

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

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

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 ...

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

The Tianwen-2 probe, which was launched on Thursday, represents a "significant step in China’s new journey of interplanetary ...

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 ...