Taikonauts Conduct Key Training, Experiments in Space Station
The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's Tiangong space station recently completed a series of crucial in-orbit training exercises and advanced scientific experiments. This has laid the groundwork for future missions and scientific discovery.
Low-cost, Eco-friendly Pigment Developed Using Rare Earths
Chinese scientists have recently developed a low-cost, eco-friendly rare-earth pigment that addresses the problems associated with traditional pigments, such as toxicity and environmental pollution. It could lead the next generation of pigment technology.
NASA Launches Exoplanet-observing Mission
NASA launched a new satellite mission, codenamed Pandora, into low Earth orbit on January 11 to study the atmosphere of exoplanets and their host stars. The mission's observations are expected to determine whether a planet's atmosphere contains hazes, clouds or water, or whether apparent signals of these substances actually arise from the star.
100-meter Lava Fountain Observed at Philippines' Mayon Volcano
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on January 13 reported a short-lived incandescent lava fountain that shot up to about 100 meters from the summit crater of Mayon Volcano on Luzon Island.