Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
China has recorded a series of landmark achievements in its ongoing quest for space exploration, spanning its crewed space station program, lunar far-side sample return, and interplanetary missions. These milestones underscore the nation's growing capabilities in orbital operations, scientific research, and deep space engineering during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). The Shenz

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
Researchers at the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a hybrid deep learning model that significantly enhances the accuracy of atmospheric delay prediction-a key factor affecting both astronomical observations and geodetic measurements. Electromagnetic waves slow as they pass through the Earth's atmosphere due to variations in air density an

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
China Satellite Network Group Co Ltd is accelerating the integration of satellite internet with the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, emphasizing the dual role of the company as both an innovator and a national infrastructure leader. Liang Baojun, general manager of China Satellite Network Group, said the company is driving forward the development of satellite internet while focusing on

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
China has launched 18 communications satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, marking the sixth deployment phase of the growing Spacesail Constellation network. The satellites, built by the Shanghai-based Innovation Academy for Microsatellites under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, were launched on Friday afternoon aboard a Long March 6A rocket at 3:08 pm. Th

Morgantown WV (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
Scientists know dark energy makes up about 70% of the universe and is responsible for the universe's accelerating expansion. Beyond that, little about it is certain, so WVU engineer Kevin Bandura is enhancing the calibration of radio telescopes that can tell astronomers about dark energy by measuring the "neutral hydrogen" in the universe, a simple form of hydrogen with no net electric charge.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
Dark matter remains one of physics' most enduring mysteries, yet researchers at Tohoku University have developed a promising new strategy to detect it-by linking quantum sensors into sophisticated network structures. These quantum sensors, based on superconducting qubits, can pick up incredibly faint signals that ordinary detectors would miss. By organizing the qubits into optimized networ

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
A new study from Tel Aviv University's School of Physics and Astronomy suggests that most massive stars formed in the early universe were born in pairs, echoing patterns seen among massive stars in our own Milky Way. The finding provides the first strong evidence that binary star formation was common in the early cosmos-an insight that reshapes understanding of how black holes, supernovae, and h

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
A new study has reignited the long-running debate over what causes the mysterious gamma-ray glow emanating from the Milky Way's center, suggesting that dark matter may once again be the most plausible explanation. Led by Dr. Moorits Muru, with Dr. Noam Libeskind and Dr. Stefan Gottlober from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), in collaboration with Professor Yehuda Hoffma

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has announced that the world's first telescope dedicated to measuring solar magnetic fields in the mid-infrared band has passed its final acceptance review and is now fully operational. Known as the Accurate Infrared Magnetic Field Measurements of the Sun (AIMS), the telescope marks a breakthrough in global s

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
For centuries, humans have sought to understand how the universe began. Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) and the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris are proposing new ways to peer further back than ever before-toward the first instants following the Big Bang. Physicists Leo Stodolsky of MPP and Joseph Silk of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris have developed