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A secretive Chinese probe has just arrived at one of Earth's 'quasi-moons' and will soon attempt a first-of-its-kind landing

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According to Live Science, China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has just arrived at Kamo'oalewa, an asteroid that orbits the sun alongside Earth—a phenomenon called a quasi-moon. In a historic first, the probe will attempt to land on this mysterious space rock and collect samples to uncover its origins.

Source: https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/a-sec...

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