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A Chinese spacecraft just captured the first close-up image of a mysterious asteroid that follows Earth like a tiny companion. After traveling 621 million miles over 400 days, Tianwen-2 is now preparing to bring samples of this cosmic neighbor back home.
After a 400-day journey across a billion kilometers, China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft just sent back the first close-up images of Kamo'oalewa, a tiny asteroid that shadows Earth's orbit around the sun. If successful, this mission could unlock secrets about how our solar system formed billions of years ago.
China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft just arrived at a tiny asteroid that dances alongside Earth in a rare quasi-moon orbit. The mission will collect samples and solve the mystery of whether this strange space rock is actually a chunk of our own moon.
After traveling through space for more than a year, China's Tianwen-2 probe has reached a tiny asteroid orbiting near Earth to collect samples that could unlock secrets about how our solar system formed. The mission marks China's first attempt to bring back pieces of an asteroid, joining the US and Japan in this exciting frontier of space exploration.