SPACE | World’s largest telescope more powerful, popular after two years
GUIYANG, CHINA -- His eyes brimming with excitement, seven-year-old Wang Jun ran to an exhibition stand to pick up a...
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SPACE | Scientists call for cooperation against asteroid threat
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese scientists have appealed to further strengthen international cooperation in space exploration, aiming to reduce the risk...
CLIMATE CHANGE | NASA launches high-precision satellite to measure polar ice thickness
WASHINGTON -- NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, lifted off at 9:02 a.m. EDT (6:02 a.m. PDT)...
SPACE | World’s largest single-dish radio telescope to start formal operation in 2019
BEIJING, CHINA -- China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, will start formal operation...
SPACE | Scientists confirm water ice on moon’s surface for first time
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, scientists have directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the moon's surface, U.S....
SPACE | Exoplanets may be water balls: study
WASHINGTON -- Scientists have shown that water is likely to be a major component of planets orbiting other stars that...
SPACE | Astrophysicist discovers first galaxies in universe
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO-- Mexican astrophysicist Carlos Frenk Mora has identified some of the first galaxies in our universe together with...
SPACE | NASA detects hydrogen ‘wall’ surrounding solar system
WASHINGTON -- NASA's spacecraft New Horizons has found new evidence of a "wall" of hydrogen at the edge of the...
TECH NEWS | Britain in race to launch 2,000 satellites into space by 2030
LONDON, ENGLAND -- British Business secretary Greg Clark said Britain was poised to compete for the launch of an estimated...
SPACE | Telescope enriches understanding of galaxy
BEIJING, CHINA -- A giant star, recently identified as the most lithium-rich star ever known, has been added to the...