China has launched a space probe that will travel to an asteroid near Mars to collect samples and find potential "groundbreaking" results. The Tianwen-2 probe launched Thursday from the Xichang ...

Performed by the Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra), this definitive anthem of space and sci-fi will be transmitted towards NASA's Voyager 1 probe by ESA's 35-meter Deep Space Antenna ...

The probe is tasked with collecting samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016HO3, and exploring the comet 311P. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The planets Venus (bottom) and Jupiter are seen in the sky above Matthews, N.C., in 2015. A Soviet probe launched more than 50 years ago — and never reached Venus, its intended destination ...

Predictions for the Earthly plunge of a wayward Soviet era Venus space probe are narrowing as the old spacecraft is expected to crash back to Earth Friday night. CBS "It's a fun event.

05/10/2025 A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has plummeted back to Earth, splashing down in the Indian Ocean. Kosmos 482 had been bound for Venus but never reached ...

The long-dead probe’s remains have subsequently circled the planet for over 53 years—but according to a Dutch satellite tracker, its fiery (and uncontrolled) demise is finally on the horizon.

NASA's space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from Earth -- and scientists aren't sure what they're going to find.

Robotic space probes can carry more than one type of magnetometer, with many subtypes of these devices existing as well. Magnetometers can work in different ways.

European space probe Hera flew past Mars on Wednesday on its way to Dimorphos on its planetary defence mission. During the flyby, the probe captured unique images of the Red Planet, as well as one ...

The space probe, named Hera, was launched on Oct. 7, 2024, and is on a mission to gather close-up data about the Dimorphos asteroid, the European Space Agency said in a news release.

However, both space probes are reaching the end of their service lives. NASA announced that engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are shutting off instruments on both spacecraft to limit ...