China has put forth a proposal to construct a large radio telescope array on the far side of the moon. For the last few years, concepts have been floating around of establishing a telescope on the ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. As Chinese scientists analyzed the soil ...

On June 1, 2024, China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft achieved a historic landing in the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin—a region long shrouded in mystery and scientific intrigue. This mission marked the first ...

When the Chang’e 6 return capsule touched down in the dusty plains of Inner Mongolia in June 2024, it carried something no nation had ever retrieved: the first samples from the far side of the Moon.

More than 50 years after the last time humans walked on the moon, China is working steadily toward landing its astronauts on the lunar surface. Among legislators and senior figures in the US space ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. June 25 2024 marked a new “first” in the history of ...

The far side of the moon and distant Earth, imaged by the 2014 Chang’e-5 T1 mission service module. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences HELSINKI — China could look to laser power transmission from ...

After the successful docking of China's latest cohort of taikonauts to its very own space station, the question of who will dominate the future of space exploration has been brought into sharp focus.