China has reached a decisive milestone by achieving the first artificial photosynthesis in space aboard the Tiangong station.

The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found ...

Astronauts on China's Tiangong station used artificial photosynthesis to turn CO₂ and water into oxygen and rocket fuel.

Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station successfully produce oxygen and rocket fuel using artificial photosynthesis, ...

Chinese astronauts on the Tiangong space station have successfully produced oxygen and rocket fuel through artificial ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

The astronauts on the Shenzhou-19 mission at Tiangong Space Station used semiconductor catalysts to convert carbon dioxide ...

Chinese astronauts claim have successfully developed artificial photosynthesis technology in orbit for the first time. This ...

Space is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully produced ...

Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.

Moon Fuel: A New Way to Generate Oxygen and Fuel in Space Space missions require efficient ways to produce oxygen and fuel.