China's Tianwen-2 mission, launched on May 28, 2025, aims to collect samples from the quasi-satellite asteroid 469219 ...

Chinese state media says the mission aims ‘to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids’ and the Earth.

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

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 ...

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Raman spectroscopy uses scattered light to identify a substance's chemical ingredients and is one of the most widely used scientific methods in space exploration. It is used for lunar exploration to ...

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

The Chinese space program is preparing to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA in launching a mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth. The Tianwen-2 probe and its ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this week and will study two solar system bodies up close.

MIT scientists propose a radical new theory to explain why some rocks on the far side of the moon are highly magnetic.

SpaceX launched Starship Tuesday, May 27 on its first test flight since March. This time, the vehicle further than the ...