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December 16, 2025
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GoMars model simulates Martian dust storms to improve mission safety



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
Researchers in China have used a Mars general circulation model to simulate 50 years of Martian dust activity, aiming to improve forecasts of global dust storms that can disrupt exploration missions. Mars is dominated by a dry, dusty desert landscape where winds and rotating columns of air lift fine particles into the atmosphere and later return them to the surface. The resulting dust cycle depends on surface - atmosphere interactions, seasonal changes, and the development of occasional planet-enc ... read more

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MICROSAT BLITZ
Arab Satellite 813 launch deepens UAE China space partnership
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
A Kinetica 1 rocket has placed the Arab Satellite 813 into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, marking a new phase of cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and China in space acti ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Star wobble reveals black hole dragging spacetime
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Astronomers have reported the first clear observation of a swirling distortion in spacetime produced by a rapidly spinning black hole, seen through the motion of material left over from a disrupted ... more
MARSDAILY
Ancient Martian brines left bromine rich fingerprints in jarosite minerals
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025
Jarosite, a sulfate mineral widely detected on Mars, records interaction between acidic, oxidizing waters and the planet's surface rocks, but the halogen chemistry of those fluids has been difficult ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China launches carrier rocket to deploy experimental cargo ship and satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025
China launched a Kuaizhou 11 carrier rocket on Saturday morning to deploy a privately developed experimental cargo ship and a satellite into space. The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am at the Jiu ... more
IRON AND ICE
Micro X ray method reads ancient meteorite impact scars
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025
Researchers from China, Canada, and Japan have established a quantitative method to read the impact histories recorded in enstatite chondrites using micro X ray diffraction measurements. Enstatite c ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Experts at Hainan symposium call for stronger global space partnership
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
The 2025 International Symposium on the Peaceful Use of Space Technology - Health (IPSPACE 2025) opened Tuesday in Boao, a coastal town in China's Hainan province, with a focus on expanding coopera ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China prepares Qingzhou cargo ship for low cost resupply flights
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Qingzhou, or light vessel, China's new-generation cargo spacecraft, has achieved breakthroughs in multiple key technologies and is scheduled to make its maiden flight next year, according to its dev ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Triple Long March launches mark record day for Chinese space program
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) has achieved three orbital launches with Long March rockets in a single day, setting a new mark for the country's spaceflight cadence. The fi ... more

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DRAGON SPACE
Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. The ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Japan's only two pandas to be sent home; US, Japan defence chiefs say China harming regional peace
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 15, 2025
Two pandas at a Tokyo zoo will be returned to China in January, the Tokyo government said on Monday, potentially leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a century. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Philippines says fishermen injured in China Coast Guard encounter
Manila (AFP) Dec 13, 2025
Three Filipino fishermen were injured when China Coast Guard vessels sprayed their boats with water cannons and cut their anchor lines in a disputed area of the South China Sea, Philippine authorities said Saturday. ... more
NUKEWARS
NKorean leader's sister sports Chinese foldable phone; as Kim vows to root out 'evil'
Seoul (AFP) Dec 15, 2025
The North Korean leader's powerful sister Kim Yo Jong has been spotted with a likely Chinese-made foldable phone, as Pyongyang's elite skirt sanctions to get their hands on the latest gadgetry from abroad. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
China sanctions retired Japan general over Taiwan 'collusion'
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2025
China sanctioned the Japanese military's former top officer Monday for "colluding with 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces", Beijing's foreign ministry said, as a weeks-long row with Tokyo simmers. ... more
MOON DAILY
Congress warned that the U.S. faces a new space race with China
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 4, 2025
The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space - one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military advantage for generations. ... more
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AEROSPACE
South Korea, Japan protest over China, Russia aircraft incursions
Seoul (AFP) Dec 10, 2025
South Korea and Japan reacted furiously on Wednesday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft conducted joint patrols around the two countries, with both Seoul and Tokyo scrambling jets. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
German FM urges China to press Russia over Ukraine war
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Germany's foreign minister said Monday he had pressed Chinese officials to use their influence to help end Russia's war in Ukraine, as diplomatic efforts on the conflict gathered pace. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Vatican backs replacement for China underground bishop
Vatican City (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
The Vatican announced Friday the ordination of a new bishop in China to replace a clergyman who had been arrested several times during decades operating without Beijing's approval. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Japan summons China envoy over fighter jet incident
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Tokyo has summoned Beijing's ambassador after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese jets, the latest incident in the row ignited after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments backing Taiwan. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Pandas and ping-pong as screaming students give Macron rockstar greeting in China
Chengdu, China (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Surrounded by security, French President Emmanuel Macron made his way through crowds of young fans screaming in excitement at a university in southern China on Friday, receiving a greeting more reminiscent of a rockstar than a politician. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan says China deploys warships in 'military operations'
Taipei (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Taiwan said Friday that China had deployed warships for "military operations" stretching hundreds of kilometres from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea, posing a "threat" to the region. ... more
CYBER WARS
No conspiracy in collapse of China spy case: UK inquiry; UK govt again delays China embassy decision
London (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
A high-profile case against two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because of "systemic failures" and not a government conspiracy, a UK parliamentary inquiry concluded Wednesday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
LandSpace reviews booster loss after Zhuque-3 reusable rocket test
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stage reached ... more
NUKEWARS
How anti-China disinformation shaped South Korea's year of crisis
Seoul (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt to impose martial law last year plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, providing fertile ground for disinformation to grow. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2025
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial on Monday, convictions that rights groups denounced as the death knell for press freedoms in the Chinese financial hub. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Biochar shifts soil microbes that fix carbon dioxide in farmland
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
Soils store carbon not only from plant residues but also through microbial processes that convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into organic matter, influencing both climate regulation and crop product ... more
SINO DAILY
Hong Kong leader says next legislature will 'drive reform'
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Hong Kong's leader said Monday that the fresh crop of lawmakers who will take office after the "patriots only" legislative election will drive institutional reform, following the city's deadliest fire in decades. ... more
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EARLY EARTH
Fossil bird shows fatal stone-filled throat and hints of dinosaur bird survival story
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A small Cretaceous bird fossil from northeastern China preserves more than 800 tiny stones jammed in its throat, giving researchers rare evidence that this individual likely died by choking. The ani ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Acid treated carbon nanotubes raise efficiency and durability of flexible perovskite solar modules
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
Flexible perovskite solar modules are emerging as a candidate for lightweight, bendable photovoltaics, but maintaining high efficiency while preserving long term stability and low cost remains diffi ... more
ROBO SPACE
China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave
Yancheng, China (AFP) Dec 14, 2025
In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. ... more
ROBO SPACE
US launches pact for AI supply chains to face China
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 12, 2025
The United States on Thursday announced a pact with allies to secure supply chains for minerals needed for artificial intelligence, hoping to secure a key resource as China quickly takes a lead. ... more
CHIP TECH
Taiwan to keep production of 'most advanced' chips at home: deputy FM
Taipei (AFP) Dec 11, 2025
Taiwan plans to keep making the "most advanced" chips on home soil and remain "indispensable" to the global semiconductor industry, the deputy foreign minister told AFP, despite intense Chinese military pressure. ... more
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