Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape ...

Chinese scientists propose constructing a 7,200-antenna radio telescope on the moon's far side to explore ultra-long cosmic ...

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 ...

In the turbulent heart of the Milky Way, near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, astronomers have uncovered a ...

At 2 pm on Sunday, the maximum temperature at Xujiahui observatory in Shanghai reached 28.5 C, setting a new record for early March. Some suburban areas, such as Baoshan and Qingpu, recorded ...

Are they stars? Are they planets? Or are they neither? Some rogue planetary mass objects that wander the cosmos alone could ...

Meanwhile, in a striking contrast, Shanghai, which is some 930 kilometers away, basked in an unusual heatwave, with the temperature at the Xujiahui Observatory soaring to 28C, marking the hottest ...

A study published in Science Advances sheds new light on the mysterious origins of free-floating planetary-mass objects (PMOs)—celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets. Led by Dr ...

Led by Dr. DENG Hongping of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an international team of astronomers used advanced simulations to uncover a novel formation ...

Led by Prof. Willem Baan from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Prof. An Tao from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of CAS, the study explores ...

Fang Zhong, director of the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of the 14th National ...