China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft just arrived at a mysterious ‘quasi-moon’ of Earth The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is slowly closing in on the near-Earth asteroid Kamo‘…

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision created a vast underground ecosyst…

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The strength of gravity is different on every body in the solar system. Whether it's the crushing weight of Jupiter or the minuscule pull of a small asteroid, …

China's Tianwen-2 sample-return mission is well on its way to its target, an asteroid called Kamo'oalewa. The spacecraft left Earth in May 2025 and should retu…