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

A small asteroid is making a close approach to Earth, drawing the attention of astronomers worldwide. Scientists are closely ...

NASA has reported that asteroid 2025 KX8 is approaching Earth. The object will make its closest pass on 4 June. Measuring ...

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's ...

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

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

An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a collision are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...

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