When astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station drift hundreds of kilometers above Earth, they’re not alone. We’re not ...

China has launched the Tianwen-2 spacecraft, embarking on a mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid near Mars. According ...

Scientists have discovered a new strain of bacteria on the Chinese space station Tiangong. The strain, named Niallia ...

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and ...

Chinese scientists discovered a novel strain of bacterium with “unique abilities” that allowed it to thrive on the Tiangong ...

On Earth there is no record of Niallia tiangongensis, a bacterium found aboard the Tiangong station that appears to be well ...

China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them ...

The microbe demonstrated resilience to space-specific stressors, including enhanced repair from radiation damage.

Scientists have discovered a new bacteria species called niallia tiangongensis aboard China's Tiangong space station.

The novel microbe, officially named Niallia tiangongensis, was collected by astronauts inside the space station in May 2023 ...

Scientists discovered 'alien' bacteria on China’s Tiangong space station, raising questions about life in space.