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China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission
Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen-3 has a chance to become the first mission to return pristine samples from Mars to Earth. At the same time, NASA's plans for a Mars Sample Return mission are faltering.
A gigantic asteroid, the size of a 25-storey building is fastly approaching the earth and it has already reached very close ...
NASA’s planetary defence programme has kept a keen eye on five asteroids classed as ‘potentially hazardous’, making their ...
A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...
In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...
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How Being Trapped Between Two Asteroid Belts Would Threaten EarthThe curious minds at What If explain how being trapped between two asteroid belts could pose an existential threat to Earth.
International researchers warn that the planet Venus is concealing at least three city-killer asteroids that could strike ...
Experts say Venus is hiding some asteroids that could potentially be deadly should they impact Earth. Venus currently has at ...
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China’s Tianwen-2 Embarks on a Daring Quest to Unravel the Origins of Earth’s Quasi-Satellite and the Mysteries of Active AsteroidsIt’s like trying to dock a boat with a mountain floating in space and tumbling really unpredictably and with almost no gravity. So landing, or even just flying close, requires extreme precision, ...
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