The 12 experiments carried out at the Tiangong space station focused on key technologies such as the conversion of carbon dioxide at room temperature.

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and breathable oxygen by mimicking a chemical reaction in plants. The technology ...

Chinese astronauts claim have successfully developed artificial photosynthesis technology in orbit for the first time. This revolutionary experiment matches the natural process of photosynthesis by ...

Shenzhou-19 astronauts simulate natural photosynthesis, bringing long-haul crewed missions a step closer to reality.

China's Shenzhou-19 crew made oxygen and fuel via artificial photosynthesis on the Tiangong space station, aiding future moon ...

An aerospace engineer has invented an appliance that can whip up quiches, pizzas and more in a zero-gravity environment Sarah Miller The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the ...

The rationale for The Donald’s insistence lies in space. Greenland’s strategic significance to the United States and Europe lies in the fact that it houses an important U.S. military base ...

As space systems increasingly perform and support critical operations, a variety of plausible near-term incidents in outer space could precipitate or exacerbate an international crisis.