China now aims to put astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and could reach the surface before the United States returns, according ...

China's next lunar lander is heading to the Moon's south pole to hunt for buried ice, a resource that could prove crucial for ...

China’s spacecraft, Tianwen-2, has been hunting down its target — a so-called quasi-moon — ever since it launched from Earth ...

The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples ...

More than 50 years after humanity's last Moon landing, a new space race is underway. This time, the goal isn't just to plant ...

The probe will conduct a detailed scientific survey of the asteroid and send a sample back to Earth for further analysis.

A new China rocket mission is generating interest beyond low Earth orbit. Here's why space agencies around the world are closely watching its next moves.

Some scientists believe the quasi-moon could have been created when a massive impact knocked a chunk of our own moon into ...

Some astronomers have theorized that the space rock may be a chunk of material that broke off the moon. China’s Tianwen-2 ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has framed the current moment in stark terms: “We are in a new space race to the lunar ...

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon ...

Last December, Space.com featured a headline that read: "The US must beat China to the moon, Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman tells Senate: ‘If we make a mistake, we may never catch up.’" The ...