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LATEST China Science NEWS

China fires up powerful particle accelerator to unlock secrets of atoms

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The High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility, or HIAF, is up and running in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong loses 2030 maths congress to Glasgow. Does Asia need a stronger voice?

Glasgow will host the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians. Illustration: Shutterstock

China’s high-orbit satellite uses rare metal the US struggles to obtain

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The satellite can monitor a third of the Earth’s surface. Photo: China Academy of Space Technology

Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

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Large language model-based AI systems are increasingly being used as research assistants and integrated into scientific instruments. Photo: Xinhua

How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI

The Chinese-language dark web has largely been overlooked by researchers until now. Photo: Shutterstock
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A Chinese researcher’s colourful anecdote about serving spicy crawfish soup to astronauts on Mars has been used in a US Senate hearing to highlight concerns over China’s scientific ambitions. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Crawfish soup on Mars? US Senate hears worries over China’s scientific ambitions

Republicans point to Beijing’s rising research spending, while Democrats warn Trump’s funding cuts could erode America’s ability to compete.

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India

SpaceX took 4 attempts. India’s space start-up needed just 1

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India

India launches first private orbital rocket as space start-ups expand

Mainland China

Editorial | With its innovative rocket recovery, China makes strides in the space race

Beijing’s breakthrough is likely to advance its ambitions in the cosmos and enhance global connectivity and economic growth.

The returning first stage of the Long March-10B carrier rocket was successfully captured on a seaborne recovery platform. Photo: Xinhua
Science

China used a giant net to land a reusable rocket. Does the idea have legs?

It’s an unconventional approach that has sparked debate over how it stacks up against America’s landing-leg system.

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China’s private sector

One giant leap for the state: how China’s aerospace model differs from SpaceX

Friday’s retrieval of a rocket booster made China the second nation to master the precision recovery of an orbital-class rocket component.

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Science

China joins US in reusable orbital rocket capability

The successful capture of the booster stage of a Long March-10B rocket is a first step on the road to narrowing the decade-long head start of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Photo: Xinhua via AP
IPO

The new space race: how China plans to break SpaceX’s dominance with IPO push

As Beijing makes history by capturing the Long March-10B booster at sea, at least 15 aerospace firms are racing to go public on Shanghai’s Star Market or in Hong Kong.

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China shipbuilding

China’s historic sea-based rocket recovery puts spotlight on local shipbuilder

Unlike conventional vessels, the platform must maintain exceptional stability and positioning accuracy in rough seas.

Japan

Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off?

Analysts say the Torifune fly-by highlights Tokyo’s growing role in global space safety efforts and its ‘goodwill science’ policy.

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The Hayabusa2 space probe makes a close fly-by of the asteroid Torifune, in this illustration by Akihiro Ikeshita. Photo: Ikeshita/JAXA/Kyodo
Science

Long March-10B: China’s net-capture rocket joins space race with edge on SpaceX

Soon after launch, the first stage of the rocket returned vertically and was recovered via a sea platform, state media says.

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China has succeeded in recovering the reusable rocket used in the maiden launch of the Long March-10B. Photo: Weibo/萌虎鲸
Science

Up to 100 gigawatts: China unveils its high-power microwave weapon arsenal

Defence scientists say the technology could threaten low Earth orbit satellite networks such as Starlink at an extremely low cost.

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Science

China’s asteroid hunter nears target after 400 days, though size is a surprise

Tianwen-2 spacecraft is equipped with varying sampling modes to perform best in uncertain terrain of 2016 HO3 asteroid.

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Japan

Japanese fridge-sized probe flies near asteroid to test planet defence

If it is confirmed the flight - at over 11,000 miles an hour - was within 800 metres of the asteroid, it would be one of the closest ever.

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A view of Earth and an asteroid. Image: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong-developed ‘Eye for Space’ now operating aboard Tiangong space station

Hong Kong’s first home-grown astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, assembled and tested the Multi-Spectral Imaging Carbon Observatory.

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Hong Kong’s Lai Ka-ying is the payload specialist on the mission. Photo: Handout
United States

Nasa launches robotic mission to save space telescope

A successful bid to stop the Swift telescope from burning up in the atmosphere could pave the way for giving other satellites a second life.

Hong Kong economy

Can Hong Kong’s arbitration skills help the new global space race take off?

Experts, top officials say city can turn existing strengths into commercial advantage to tap into fast-growing global space economy.

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China revives desert moss in space lab as it tests hi-tech tools for missions

Latest in-orbit results from prototype Qingzhou cargo spacecraft show China is testing cameras, refrigeration and bio-support capsule.

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China’s prototype Qingzhou experimental cargo spacecraft and two small satellites were launched on March 30. Photo: CAS Innovation Academy for Microsatellites
Robotics

Nasa turns to robotic spacecraft to save telescope from falling back to Earth

A salvage operation is set to launch as early as Tuesday to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit.

China’s private sector

Final insurance frontier: Hong Kong sees opening in mainland China’s space boom

Like maritime trade centuries ago, the space economy is built on high-risk, high-value journeys. Hong Kong wants to be its insurance hub.

Science

China-led team develops AI system to track radar-disrupting space hurricanes

Recently discovered space weather event ‘appears as a massive, spinning aurora near Earth’s magnetic poles’, say researchers.

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Detection of space hurricanes has so far been a manual process. Illustration: Qing-he Zhang, Shandong University
SpaceX

Letters | SpaceX’s historic IPO ignites investor appetite for space AI

Readers discuss how investor confidence in commercial space could benefit China, the US-Iran interim peace agreement, Japan’s 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in the Fifa World Cup, and the musical legacy of Anders Nelsson.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, displayed on a screen remotely from SpaceX headquarters in Starbase, Texas, speaks before the launch of SpaceX’s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on June 12. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / TNS
Aerospace: Science

Video | What is space computing?

Driven by AI’s massive power demands and satellite bandwidth limits, tech giants and superpowers are moving data centres into orbit.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Can Hong Kong make a giant leap to commercial space insurance?

The explosive growth of China’s commercial space business, combined with geopolitical realities, gives the city a captive market.

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US-China relations

Can America sustain a war with China? New reports raise questions

US watchdog cites ageing aircraft, spare-part shortages, maintenance challenges, expertise gaps and delays fielding advanced tankers.

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The US Government Accountability Office found the air force’s aerial refuelling fleet consistently fell short of availability and mission-capability goals between 2019 and 2025. Photo: US Air Force via Reuters
US-China tech war

Who pays when rockets explode? China rushes to insure SpaceX’s rivals

Wave of Chinese insurers is underwriting rockets and satellites, turning space risk into a new front in the China-US rivalry.

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The SpaceX rocket that blew up in 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: EPA
Nasa

Nasa chief defends choice of all-male Artemis III crew

Critics fear the agency is following Trump’s order to eliminate diversity and inclusion efforts despite its vow to put a woman on the moon.

Nasa

Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing

The crew will orbit Earth while practising docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers.

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