China's Huge Telescope Detects Strange Signals from Deep Space

The signals are 'fast radio bursts' and are coming from a source know as FRB121102, which is located a mind-boggling 3 billion light years away.

by Matthew Bossons, 09 September 2019

China Has Found Something Weird on the Moon’s Far Side

The PRC's Chang'e-4 lunar rover has discovered a strangely colored, "gel-like" material in a small crater on the far side of the moon.

by Matthew Bossons, 02 September 2019

China Announces Plans to Send Rover to Mars in 2020

One of the main goals of the 2020 mission is to find evidence of life on the planet and discover whether it could be inhabited by humans in the future.

by Nomvelo Chalumbira and Justine Lopez, 10 July 2019

China's Massive Telescope and the Global Quest to Find Aliens

We examine China’s role in the global quest to find ET and transport you to Guizhou to visit the world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope.

by Matthew Bossons, 24 May 2019

Chinese Name Makes Shortlist for Unnamed Planet

Currently, all of the planets in the Solar System, with the exception of Earth, are named after Greek and Roman gods.

by Matthew Bossons, 11 April 2019

Memes Flood Chinese Social Media After First-Ever Black Hole Photo

Space enthusiasts, curious minds and virtually every other person inhabiting the planet got a real treat yesterday as the first-ever image of a black hole was released to the public....

by Ryan Gandolfo, 11 April 2019

Next Stop, Mars. China Plans to Launch Probe to Red Planet

After the opening of the Mars simulation base in Qinghai, China is now planning to send a probe to the Red Planet in 2020.

by Bryan Grogan, 04 March 2019

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