The asteroid material at the sampling site was less dense than researchers predicted—about one-sixth the density of a typical rock on Earth—and the touch-and-go landing launched a spray of ...

During the dramatic sampling attempt, the probe collected almost 9 ounces (250 grams) of asteroid dust, which is somewhat less than the teams had hoped for but still four times more than they need ...

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically large cuts to the space agency.

Asteroid-sampling probe took images day after launch, China’s space agency says, as eight universities carry out mock lunar ...

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

Two earlier asteroid sampling missions, performed by Japan’s Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 spacecraft, paved the way for OSIRIS-REx. Hayabusa returned the world’s first asteroid sample in 2010, ...

Tianwen 2 is China's first-ever mission to an asteroid or a comet, and just its second planetary exploration effort overall. The first, Tianwen 1 , sent an orbiter and a rover to Mars in 2020.

China launched its first asteroid sampling mission early on Thursday morning, aiming to explore a near-Earth small asteroid and retrieve its samples for scientists.

BEIJING: China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft had been on its interplanetary itinerary for over 33 days as of Tuesday (July 1) morning, with the robotic probe being more than 12 million ...

China continued its interstellar exploration, with Tianwen-2 - the country's first asteroid probe and sampling mission - being successfully launched on Thursday early morning via a Long March-3B ...

A new year of space exploration is beginning. The planned missions include several lunar landings, the launch of a new cosmic observatory and China’s rendezvous with an asteroid.