China has been leading the advancement of lunar research and understanding with their Chang’e project since 2004 with no signs of slowing down. The information obtained from Chang’e missions has given humans a much deeper understanding of the moon, including the composition of its surface material, the moon’s history and evolution, and mastering the three phases of unmanned lunar exploration: orbiting, landing, and returning. Gaining a more thorough understanding of the moon and its components can help with establishing research facilities on the moon to uncover more answers about Earth’s only satellite.

On May 12, 2023, Science published “Magnetic field reversal in the turbulent environment around a repeating fast radio burst”, a paper resulting from observational efforts across three continents. An international team led by Dr. Di Li from NAOC carried out a monitoring campaign with the Parkes telescope in Australia and the Green Bank Telescope in the United States of FRB 20190520B, which was discovered by the Five-hundred-meter Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China. The combined analyses revealed an extreme field reversal around this constantly bursting source.

SVOM/GWAC detected the prompt optical emission of a long gamma-ray burst (GRB),thanks for its remarkable capability to cover a wide sky field with high temporal resolution. This is the first discovery of optical counterpart during the prompt high-energy emission of a GRB using a telescope constructed and designed in China. It is also the first breakthrough in this field of research for a GRB with a duration of gamma-ray emission less than 30 seconds. This research？paper by researchers from NAOC has recently been published on Nature Astronomy.？