Chinese Academy of Sciences
A Giant Gamma-Ray Bubble is a Source of Extreme Cosmic Rays
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe and something that astronomers have been studying…
Astronomers Find a Newly-Forming Quadruple-Star System
Scientists have observed a rare quadruple star system in formation, revealing new insights into how multi-star systems form.
China's Mars Rover Finds Recent Evidence of Water Near the Equator
Before going into hibernation, China's Zhurong rover found evidence that water recently existed in small patches on Mars (and might…
China Hints at its Goals for a Lunar Base
At a recent national space conference, scientists with the Chinese Academy of Sciences shared the objectives for the planned International…
Astronomers use the World's Biggest Radio Telescope to map new Features of the Milky Way
Using China's FAST radio telescope, a team of Chinese researchers observed previously-unmapped regions of the Milky Way and made some…
The Moon had Volcanoes More Recently Than Previously Believed
Recent analysis of the samples returned by the Chang'e-5 mission reveal that volcanic activity on the Moon lasted longer than…
The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry
A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the…
Something Really Wants our Attention. One Object Released 1,652 Fast Radio Bursts in 47 Days
Researchers working with the 500-Meter FAST telescope in China reported 1,652 fast radio bursts in 47 days coming from a…
Astronomers Discover Hundreds of High-Velocity Stars, Many on Their Way Out of the Milky Way
Combining data from two of the largest databases in the world, an international team of astronomers was able to doubledthe…
The Milky Way is Actually Warped
A new study by a team of Chinese scientists has shown that the galaxy actually has a warped, S-shape to…