scienceSouth China Morning Post·Jul 13, 2026
Chinese quantum scientist Pan Jianwei has won the United Nations’ top fundamental science prize for his work in quantum computation and communications, Unesco has announced. Pan...
scienceSouth China Morning Post·Jul 13, 2026
China has become just the second country after the United States to achieve the controlled recovery of a reusable orbital space rocket. Friday’s successful capture at sea of the...
scienceSouth China Morning Post·Jul 13, 2026
After China became only the second nation after the US to achieve the controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster, the spotlight has fallen on the domestic shipbuilde...
scienceSouth China Morning Post·Jul 13, 2026
The universe teems with planets, yet their origins and evolution remain among science’s most enduring mysteries. Theoretical astrophysicist Shigeru Ida of the Institute of Scien...
scienceEngadget·Jul 12, 2026
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scienceThe Next Web·Jul 12, 2026
The most visible race in brain-computer interfaces involves surgery. But one of China’s most valuable neurotech firms is deliberately not competing in it, CNBC reports. BrainCo,...
scienceSouth China Morning Post·Jul 12, 2026
Legendary inventor Nikola Tesla’s dream of transmitting electricity wirelessly never became a reality on Earth. But more than a century later, Chinese scientists believe the con...
scienceHindustan Times·Jul 12, 2026
China has released the first image of the near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, an object often described as Earth's "quasi moon."
scienceSouth China Morning Post·Jul 11, 2026
China’s landmark recovery of a reusable rocket has ignited heated debate on social media, with reactions ranging from awe at the rapid pace of Chinese space development to specu...
scienceWired·Jul 11, 2026
The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples to send back to Earth.
scienceThe New York Times·Jul 10, 2026
A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United State’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.
scienceArs Technica·Jul 10, 2026
"Clearly, they admire the work that's being done by SpaceX and are trying to replicate it."
scienceJalopnik·Jul 10, 2026
While America may lead the space race in both total annual launches and Moon missions, the Middle Kingdom just narrowed the gap considerably.
scienceHoodline·Jul 10, 2026
Nobel-winning chemist Omar Yaghi is leaving UC Berkeley to build AIMATRY at Tsinghua University, aiming to speed materials discovery with AI amid U.S. funding concerns.
scienceScientific American·Jul 10, 2026
The inaugural launch and first-stage booster recovery of China’s Long March 10B rocket intensifies the nation’s spaceflight rivalry with the U.S.
scienceBloomberg (Canada)·Jul 10, 2026
The first stage of a Long March-10B rocket separated from the second stage after liftoff and returned to a platform in the sea, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
scienceMashable·Jul 10, 2026
China lands its first Long March-10B rocket booster, advancing reusable launch tech and intensifying the U.S.–China space race.
scienceMarketWatch·Jul 10, 2026
A Chinese company demonstrated controlled recovery of a rocket’s bottom portion, which is critical in helping to drive down launch costs.
scienceThe Next Web·Jul 10, 2026
SpaceX lands its rockets on legs. Blue Origin uses a platform. China just caught one in a giant net. China has recovered the first stage of an orbital rocket for the first time....
scienceEngadget·Jul 10, 2026
China made a breakthrough in its space program with the successful capture of a Long March 10B rocket booster.