A Russian carrier rocket sent a European weather satellite into space on Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Chinese comet watchers can expect clear views of the Orionids meteor shower on Saturday as 23 meteors per hour are expected, according to local astronomic societies.

Will the Himalaya Mountains, home to the world's highest peaks, continue to push up into the sky in future? Some Chinese scientists say no.

The dynamic delta-wing aircraft FY550 made its first flight successfully on October 18 in Harbin, the capital city of northeast Heilongjiang Province. It is China's first locally researched and developed civil delta wing aircraft. It was made by Harbin Aviation Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.

A multinational research team studied 500-million-year-old embryo fossils and found that life appeared at least 100 million years before the Cambrian Explosion period more than 500 million years ago.

China has signed agreements on reciprocal recognition of academic qualifications with 26 countries and regions. This will enable local schools, teachers and students to form partnerships with institutions overseas and allow Chinese students studying overseas to return and find jobs.

The Loess Plateau has been proved to have been a lake and the current peak an islet some 60 million years ago. Archaeologists and geologists were able to confirm this after testing ancient fossils found at the site.

Studies of human gene therapy for Parkinson's disease have shown that the technique is safe and can reduce symptoms for patients, two groups of researchers have reported.

A new study by American researchers reveals giant pandas are capable of distinguishing colors from shades of gray. Color vision could be useful to pandas in the wild by helping them recognize healthy bamboo patches from brown and dying ones.

A fossil found 50 years ago on the Philippine island of Cebu has been identified as the bones of an extinct dwarf species of buffalo.