Deep space conference in China told that by 2050, ILRS will expand into research network at south pole, equator and far side of moon.

You may know that Saturn isn’t the only planet with rings. Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus have less obvious rings, too. Some ...

Chinese officials have revealed more details of its plan to build an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) on the Moon.

China has unveiled the plan for building the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) near the Moon's south pole which it ...

This project, part of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) led by China with initial involvement from Russia, will be executed in two phases.

The features are layers of limestone sedimentary rock in Sweden, China and Russia that contain 100 to 1,000 ... with all of them forming fairly close to the equator. Normally they would be expected to ...

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

The country is close to the equator, making it a suitable site for a space port, they said. Testing near the equator can also help boost the range and efficiency of space rockets.

Researchers in China published their findings last month ... pockets of superheated gas at low altitudes in regions near the equator, such as Egypt, calling it a form of space weather.