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China Just Sent Back the First Close Up Look at Earth’s Mysterious Quasi-Moon. But the Next Step Is Dangerous

The probe’s close-up images from about 20 kilometers away set up a sample attempt that could return up to 100 grams of material.

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The Tianwen-2 probe reached Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid traveling near Earth.
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A secret Chinese spacecraft, arriving at one of Earth's temporary "quasi-moons" and preparing to make what may be the first landing of its kind, has captured the first-ever close-up photo of the object.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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ZME Science broke the news in Bucharest, Romania on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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