08 December 2022
Scientists from Saudi Arabia will soon have the opportunity to carry out an experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station that is expected to help with the design and production of high-efficiency solar cells. According to an agreement signed in March 2021 by the Saudi Space Commission and China Manned Space Agency, the Saudi experiment will focus on studying the effects of cosmic rays on the performance of high-efficiency solar cells.
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10 December 2022
China's video sharing website Bilibili released on 10 December the first 2 episodes of the animated adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin. Within hours the movie generated 90 million views on the streaming page. "The Three-Body Problem" is the first book in a sci-fi trilogy that revolves around physicist Ye Wenjie's contact with the Trisolaran civilization existing in a three-sun system, and the centuries-long clashes that follow between earthlings and the aliens. Film, television and radio adaptations of the critically acclaimed trilogy have been avidly followed by China's online community. In January 2022, the final episode of the Chinese audio drama "Three-Body" was released on the online audio-sharing platform Ximalaya, where it received great acclaim from internet users.
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10 December 2022
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) published the first batch of scientific data produced by the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, launched on 10 December 2020. Among the data published are detailed observations of 75 gamma-ray bursts from January 2021 to May 2022, which can contribute to a multiband, multi-messenger study of the cosmic phenomena for global astronomers. The data was uploaded to the National Space Science Centre's website and is available to the public.
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06 December 2022
In this episode of the Dongfang Hour channel, Jean Deville has a closer look at Landspace's Zhuque-2 methalox-fueled rocket, discussing the characteristics, its logistics, but also future perspectives including technical challenges and competition.
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