China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples | Space News
Chinese state media says the mission aims ‘to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids’ and the Earth.China has successfully launched a spacecraft…
The most daring space missions coming in 2025 – from China’s asteroid retrieval to first private ‘luxury’ space station
THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China's asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are…
Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid? | Space News
It’s been almost 25 years since Bruce Willis, playing the fictional character Harry Stamper in the blockbuster movie, Armageddon, saved Earth from an asteroid careering…
Asteroid lights up the sky over the Philippines | Space
NewsFeedWitnesses have filmed an asteroid as it hurtled through the sky and burnt up over the Philippines. Astronomers in Arizona had discovered the space rock,…
On This Day, Feb. 21: Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe lands on asteroid Ryugu
1 of 8 | On February 21, 2019, the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa-2 probe, pictured, touched down on asteroid Ryugu. File Image courtesy of the…