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

DG5 is classified within the Apollo group—asteroids characterized by orbits that cross Earth's trajectory around the Sun. It ...

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.

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

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 ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is set to make a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its Ramses ...

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 ...

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

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