Thermal emissions of asteroid 16 Psyche provide further clues to its composition and origins
Read article: Astronomers capture most detailed images of large, rare metal asteroid
Chang’e-5 has returned lunar material for the first time in 45 years to study the evolution history of our closest neighbour, as Ling Xin reports
Read article: Moon mission successfully retrieves lunar samples
With construction of its first dedicated space station set to be complete next year, China is now firmly becoming a major space power, as Ling Xin reports
Read article: China embarks on a decade of human space exploration
Simultaneous observations by NASA’s Juno and ESA’s XMM Newton satellites shed light on 40-year-old mystery
Read article: Vibrations drive X-ray flares in Jupiter’s aurora
Compact atomic timekeeper has shown good stability since its launch in 2019
Read article: Trapped-ion clock passes orbital test
Understanding the mechanisms that cause damaging combustion oscillations could ease the development of combustors for rocket and aircraft engines
Read article: Fuel flow, pressure and heat fluctuations drive combustion oscillations in rocket engines
VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will take-off between 2028 and 2030 to investigate Earth’s sister planet
Read article: NASA selects two Venus missions for launch
Detonation-based engines could play an important role in future space exploration and extremely high-speed intercontinental travel
Read article: Frozen detonation could enable hypersonic flight
China becomes the second country after the US to successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of the red planet
Read article: China successfully lands Zhurong rover on Mars
Movement of water from land to the oceans is affecting our planet’s rotation
Read article: Melting glaciers have been shifting the Earth’s poles since 1995, new study suggests
