China is recruiting for a planetary defense force amid growing global focus on the risk of asteroids colliding with Earth.

China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is operating normally on its way to a near-Earth asteroid ahead of sampling later this year, according ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft captured a selfie with Earth when it was about 26.7 million miles (44M km) from Earth and 28 million mi. (45M km) from asteroid 2016HO3. Credit: Space.com | footage courte ...

Smile! A spacecraft just caught you — and everyone else on our planet — on camera while snapping a selfie. Our planet shines in the distance roughly 26.5 million miles (43 million km) away from ...

From Tianwen-2's beginnings at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018 to its successful launch last month, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) kept the spacecraft's appearance tightly ...

The successful candidates will be required to research tasks related to near-Earth asteroid monitoring and early warning systems, according to the job description for the three positions, among 16 ...