China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter
HELSINKI — Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft to make a flyby of asteroid Apophis when…
China planning mission to strike asteroid, alter its orbit: Report
China is moving forward with plans for an ambitious planetary defense mission aimed at testing whether a spacecraft…
China designing mission to defend Earth from asteroids, top space researcher says
China is planning an advanced mission to strike an asteroid and alter its orbit with a spacecraft to…
MIT Scientists May Have Finally Solved the Moon’s Magnetic Mystery
An image of the lunar far side. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University A massive impact may have temporarily strengthened…
Asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are Part of Polana Collisional Family, Webb Observations Suggest
The new Polana collisional family in the Solar System’s main asteroid belt is the hypothesized origin of the…