BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China is set to launch the Tianwen-2 mission this year, aiming to unravel the mysteries of a "living fossil" of the solar system and one "rebel" of the main asteroid belt.

China is set to launch the Tianwen-2 mission this year, aiming to unravel the mysteries of a "living fossil" of the solar system and one "rebel" of the main asteroid belt.

If you're a newbie astronomer, perhaps consider a pair of the best binoculars for stargazing to dip your toe in before investing in one of the best telescopes. Alternatively, if you’re into ...

Discovered by Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey, the Big Ben-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is now seen as a negligible threat, with recent data significantly reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to observe the asteroid in March and May 2025 under the directors discretionary time allocation.

“The atmosphere above Maunakea tends to be very stable, and it enables telescopes to produce very sharp images, sharper than most other observatory locations,” said David Tholen, an astronomer ...

“The atmosphere above Maunakea tends to be very stable, and it enables telescopes to produce very sharp images, sharper than most other observatory locations,” said David Tholen, an astronomer ...

Richard Binzel, astronomer and professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the case of the 130-to-300-foot-wide asteroid named 2024 YR4 can serve as a ...

Astronomer Yusef-Zadeh explained that flares are expected in all supermassive black holes, but Sagittarius A is unique. Unlike others, it is constantly active and never settles into a steady state.

Astronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, but Reynier Squillace is not worried. Squillace is a second-year graduate ...

February is a great time to get into stargazing or upgrade to one of the best telescopes if you're already a keen astronomer. There's no shortage of breathtaking sights in the night sky ...

Other standout moments include a depiction of Halley’s comet, some six centuries before the birth of Edmond Halley, the English astronomer after which it would one day be named. Unsurprisingly ...