China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

But Tianwen-2 will also test a method called "anchor-and-attach," using four robotic arms with drills at their tips to affix itself to the asteroid's surface.

China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Earth.

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon from 590,000 kilometers awa ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe, which will soon unveil secrets of a near-Earth asteroid, has sent stunning pictures of the Earth and the Moon. Released by China National Space Administration (CNSA) on ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

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 that acts like a comet.

China’s Tianwen-2 launched May 29 to collect asteroid samples and study a distant comet, marking a major step in the nation’s interplanetary goals.

From Tianwen-2's beginnings at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018 to its successful launch last month, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) kept the spacecraft's appearance tightly ...

China's Tianwen-2 mission aims to explore the asteroid Kamo'oalewa, marking a significant step in China's space exploration efforts. This ambitious mission includes sample collection and analysis ...

China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft had been on its interplanetary itinerary for over 33 days as of Tuesday morning, with the robotic probe being more than 12 million kilometers away from ...