SPACE: ONE GIANT LEAP FOR… PAKISTAN
Representation matters. Many decades ago, I read Carl Sagan’s novel Contact. It centred around a message from extraterrestrials that led to the building of “the Machine” that would take five…
China’s space station to study planarian regeneration
China’s space station is set to introduce a novel participant in its space science experiments — the planarian, a creature renowned for its extraordinary regenerative capabilities, China Media Group reported…
China builds mega network for space weather forecasting
One of China’s key scientific infrastructures, the Chinese Meridian Project (CMP), successfully passed national acceptance for its second phase on Friday. It will boost cutting-edge scientific research and provide key…
Astronomers unveil 1st 3D map of Milky Way interstellar dust properties
This artistic illustration provided by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) shows the interstellar dust in the Milky Way and China’s Large Sky Area Multi-Object…
Female Chinese astronaut sends Int’l Women’s Day greetings from space
Wang Haoze, China’s first female space engineer to work in the country’s space station, sent her greetings to women and girls in a video released by the China Manned Space…
Chang’e-6 samples provide evidence suggesting global “magma ocean” on early moon
A new study of the lunar samples collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was entirely covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early…