China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for to two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

China's first asteroid sample-return mission Tianwen-2 is scheduled for launch at the end of May, with the Tianwen-2 probe ...

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

China hopes Tianwen-2 will match the success of its US and Japanese space rivals by exploring an unusual Near-Earth Asteroid ...

While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can help us work out what just passed over our ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Veteran astronaut Don Pettit most recently spent five months in space and captured remarkable images. He’s taken nearly a ...

China is preparing to launch near-Earth asteroid probe Tianwen-2 at the end of May, state-run CCTV reported on Sunday, in the country's first mission to collect samples from interplanetary space.

Scientists have long been intrigued by the search for water beyond Earth, and NASA's 2012 discovery on Mercury has ...

At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by ...

Today’s forecast: Mostly sunny, breezy and humid; Severe afternoon thunderstorm expected. Storms can bring downpours, large hail, damaging winds and a tornado, according to the AccuWeather forecast.

NASA believes that the month of May brings visibility to four planets, a new star from a nova, a chance of meteor showers and ...