The Shenzhou-16 crew, Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, gives the Tiangong space station a deep clean. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) ...

The Shenzhou-15 crew keeps fit with a "space bike," a "resistance device" and a "space treadmill" aboard the Tiangong space ...

Artist's view of the Chinese Tiangong space station. This breakthrough could radically change the logistics of orbital stations and future lunar or Martian bases. By reducing the need to transport ...

The crew will practice docking with the Tiangong 1 (Heavenly Palace 1) space module, a prototype space station that has been orbiting Earth since September 2011. The mission is viewed as an ...

Earth’s inner core is changing shape, scientists have found.

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

There’s a more than 1% chance the asteroid will make its way toward Earth and crash-land on the planet in December 2032. But scientists say they expect the asteroid’s future trajectory and ...

Astronomers estimate that Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of affecting Earth in September 2182, which equates to a 0.037% chance. The asteroid, which contains the building blocks of life according ...

[Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- As China's Shenzhou XIX mission reaches its halfway, the three astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station, orbiting 400 kilometers above Earth, have shared their ...

Estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, the asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032. The object, classified as a near-Earth asteroid because its ...

Currently, there are no other known large asteroids that have more than a 1% chance of affecting Earth, according to NASA. Two international asteroid response groups endorsed by the United Nations ...

The day before, it was 1.6 per cent. On Thursday, NASA increased the probability of Earth impact to one in 44, or 2.3 per cent, and the ESA listed its probability at one in 44, or 2.27 per cent.