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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)
China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.
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Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?
Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing ...
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How Soon Will We See Nuclear Fusion? New Indicators Suggest It May Be Sooner Than We Think.
This week, momentum is building around nuclear fusion, as tech investment and breakthroughs suggest it may arrive sooner than ...
China’s Tianwen 2 Probe Snaps Striking Views of Earth and Moon While En Route to Asteroid
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 ...
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Why is the moon's far side so weird? China's lunar sample-return mission may have figured it out
Chang'e 6's samples from the lunar far side contain a record of ancient volcanism, magnetism and a mantle depleted in important elements and water.
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A year after China returns rocks from moon’s far side, debate rages over ancient crater
Chinese scientists believe samples found by Chang'e-6 mission answer central question in lunar science, but some in the West have doubts A year after China returned the first rock samples from the ...
Chang’e-6 Samples Reveal the Moon’s Farside Is Stranger Than We Thought
China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...