Four YF-100K engines pass ignition test to ‘fully verify’ their compatibility and individual reliability, chief designer said.
It is the first time Chinese space authorities have openly suggested timeline for Tianwen-3 mission puts it ahead of Nasa’s plans.
Chinese space agency deputy director declares China on track to put astronauts on the moon by 2030.
The magnetospheres of these planets may be a way to detect elusive gravitational waves, according to scientists in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Researchers in China say the semiconductor gallium nitride offers remarkable potential in photonic quantum chips.
Organisations from Kenya and Ethiopia have signed up to the China-led space initiative to build a lunar base.
Turkey could play an influential role in the International Lunar Research Station, says space analyst.
The Chinese space agency will listen to international proposals later this month to borrow the material for research.
Two new minerals have been identified by researchers analysing moon soil samples collected by the Chang’e 5 mission.
Physicists have made a never-before-seen discovery while analysing data from Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider.
Scientists from China, US and Germany find electrons to have spin only expected in gravitons, a long-sought-after particle that gives rise to gravity.
Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite arrived 440km above the moon’s surface early on Monday, says CNSA; state media says ‘work is under way to address’ DRO-A/B satellites that failed to reach their designated altitude after March 13 launch.
Soil samples brought to Earth by Chinese moon mission show unique mineral was likely produced in Aristarchus crater and ejected northward to sample site.
Queqiao-2 lifted off atop a Long March 8 rocket at 8.31am on Wednesday, along with smaller satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 that will orbit the moon to test and verify navigation and communications technologies.
Chen Mingbo is appointed head of CASC, which positions itself as competitor of Elon Musk’s company, taking over from Wu Yansheng, who has not attended major company meetings since losing his political advisory body seat in December.
‘The satellites have not been inserted into their designated orbit, and work is under way to address this problem,’ Chinese state media says.
The Circular Electron Positron Collider, known as a Higgs factory, will take a decade to build and become the next global centre of particle physics: Wang Yifang.
NPC deputy and spacecraft designer Sun Zezhou says key technologies needed for Tianwen-3 mission are ‘in place’ while the US Mars Sample Return programme is battling soaring costs.
Annual list of top 10 achievements celebrates Chinese scientists working in fields including AI, quantum computing, astronomy and gene editing, but observers say country should do more to create an innovative environment and lure private investment.
Specific conditions can be reproduced at the Harbin facility to test equipment and the effects on human health as an alternative to testing in orbit.
About 70 launches will be conducted by CASC and others will be commercial launches, according to annual blue book.
Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory in western China helps team test Einstein’s theory, finding no evidence that particles’ speed changes depending on energy.
After the landing of the Odysseus on the moon, Chinese scientists will now use on-board cameras to study the Milky Way.
Study reveals unique binary system made up of a white dwarf and a tiny hot subdwarf, just seven times bigger than Earth.
CNSA is looking for interested businesses, universities and research institutes to develop nine instruments for the 2028 expedition.
It would make Pallas-1 the first reusable rocket developed in China to reach orbit, but it’s not clear if it will be recovered during the flight.
Discovery will motivate examination of similar-sized icy moons throughout the solar system, according to planetary experts.
SpaceX rival LandSpace says pressure testing went as expected, with no explosion or serious injuries to its employees.
Strontium-based optical clock loses or gains one second every 7 billion years.
The sisters, whose study schedule turned them into social media stars, are teaching at major universities after completing their postdoctoral research.
