The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes forward with its ...

China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of water at the lunar south pole. The Chang'e 7 mission will consist of a lander ...

Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station successfully produce oxygen and rocket fuel using artificial photosynthesis, ...

Space is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully produced ...

Western governments and investors have spent much of the last week fretting about scientific breakthroughs from China. Almost overnight, the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek rose from apparent ...

USSR tech race and this artificial intelligence edition between the US and China, there are key differences — with global implications ...

Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, stands beside China's moon-landing spacesuit during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Space Suit Technology Forum on September 28 ...