Predicting a Space Telescope’s View of Galaxies: Generative AI Bridges Ground- and Space-Based Observations

Renhao Ye and Shiyin Shen at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have recently explored a method for predicting images across telescopes using generative artificial intelligence. Based on real, paired galaxy images from the DESI ground-based survey and the Euclid space telescope, the study estab...

SHAO Advances Laser-Based Precise Orbit Determination and Time-Frequency Transfer in Cislunar Space

SKAO Director-General Professor Jessica Dempsey Visits Shanghai

On September 6–7, 2026, Professor Jessica Dempsey, the newly appointed Director-General of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), led a delegation to visit Shanghai. Earlier on September 4, Vice Minister Zhang Guangjun of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) met with Professor Dempsey and her delegation in Beijing...

Workshop on Digitization of Astronomical Plates and Its Application in Long-term Time-domain Astronomy Held in Shanghai

Satellite-Ground Laser Time-Frequency Transfer Achieves Picosecond Precision and Sub-Picosecond Stability

Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Conducts a Bibliometric Study of Hubble Space Telescope Scientific Publications

Study: Declining Star Formation Not Caused by Simple “Fuel Crisis”

The universe has been having fewer and fewer stellar “babies.” Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star birth has crashed to less than half of what it once was. But here’s the twist: the most essential “fuel” for making stars has barely decreased.

Finds New Observational Evidence That Cosmic Filaments Channel Galaxies

Mengjie Wu Receives Young Scientist Award at URSI GASS 2026

Mengjie Wu, a researcher at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, received the Young Scientist Award at the XXXVIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), taking place in Kraków, Poland, in recognition of her research achievements and contributions to ionospheric radio science. A total of 61 young scientists rece...

Mexican University Delegation Visits Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Signs Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement

August 17, 2026, A delegation from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) in Mexico, led by Rector Santos Guzmán, visited the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement to deepen bilateral collaboration in astronomy and space science.

Search for Near-Earth Asteroid Pairs and Study of Their Orbital Evolution

The research team utilized orbital similarity criteria and numerical simulations to systematically screen known near-Earth asteroids, identifying multiple groups of potential candidates that may share a common origin, and determining their possible separation times. This study not only deepens our understanding of the evolutionary ...

Second Annual Science Meeting of the Earth 2.0 (ET) Space Mission

The Second Annual Science Meeting of the Earth 2.0 (ET) Space Mission was successfully held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, from July 27–31, 2026. Organized by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the meeting brought together more than 200 scientists and students from 26 international insti...

LHAASO Identifies Cygnus X-3 as the Milky Way’s Strongest Cosmic-Ray Accelerator

2026 Spaceborne Earth Observations and Global Change Workshop & Summer School Successfully Held in Shanghai

Jointly organized by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the “2026 Workshop and Summer School on Space Earth Observation and Global Change” was successfully held in Shanghai from July 13 to 17, ...

Researchers at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Propose a New Theory for Accretion Disk and Jet Formation