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China Launches Tianwen-2 Mission to Sample Near-Earth Asteroid

The mission will pioneer three autonomous sampling methods using 11 scientific instruments to uncover whether Kamoʻoalewa is a lunar fragment.

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Comet SWAN Disintegrates Near Sun, Dashing Hopes for Naked-Eye Viewing

Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) Illuminates Pre-Dawn Skies Ahead of Solar Encounter

Comet SWAN25F Brightens Rapidly as It Approaches the Sun

NASA Supercomputer Reveals Spiral Structure in Solar System’s Outer Edge

Comet ATLAS Disintegrates After Dazzling Solar Encounter