China Unveils Asteroid Sample-Return Mission to Explore Ancient Cosmic Fossils
China’s Tianwen-2 probe is set to explore two target asteroids, near-Earth asteroid 2016HO3 and main-belt comet 311P, in a mission aimed at shedding light on the formation and evolution of asteroids and the early solar system. Launched on May 29, the endeavor will collect samples from 2016HO3 and study the celestial anomaly, 311P. Asteroid 2016HO3 … Read more