A swarm of giant city-killer asteroids hiding near Venus poses an “invisible threat” to life on Earth, astronomers have warned in a new study. These space rocks, known as co-orbital asteroids, tag ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

A swarm of giant city-killer asteroids hiding near Venus poses an “invisible threat” to life on Earth, astronomers have ...

The Tianwen-2 mission seeks to reveal how asteroids have formed and what they can tell us about the birth of the solar system ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

China's space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars.

Astronomers are using data from the recently decommissioned star-mapping satellite to help determine masses and more accurate ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

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 ...

Data from NASA’s Dawn mission and simulations from Purdue University claim that up to 90% of Ceres’ outer shell may be made ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital ...