China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

"The underground volcanic lava pipes by the Jingbo Lake are the most similar environment on Earth to the underground space of ...

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing ...

The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar ...

The Tianwen-2 probe is being prepped for launch at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

China has said it will land astronauts on the moon by 2030, while NASA is targeting a landing in 2027, though this has ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon from 590,000 kilometers awa ...

Scientists from China extracted water from lunar soil and used it to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and chemicals for ...

China's first asteroid sample-return mission, the 2nd in the Tianwen series, will reach Kamo'oalewa in July 2026. The probe will map the asteroid, collect samples, and carry them back to Earth in a ...

A new study from the University of Florida analyzing moon rock samples from a Chinese lunar exploration mission is rewriting ...

Scientists find a way to turn moon regolith into water, air, and fuel…and that could change space travel. In a significant ...

China’s Tianwen-2 probe has officially begun its deep space mission by capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon from 590,000 kilometers away.