​Researchers at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Led the Discovery of the Most Distant Lyman Continuum Emitting Galaxy Known to Date

Quantitative Study of Surface Composition of Metallic Asteroids Based on Reflectance Spectra

Catching a Stellar Growth Spurt: Discover Brightness Variations in Massive Protoclusters

Researchers from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory have carried out the first statistical search for millimeter continuum variability in massive protoclusters using multi-epoch observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). By analyzing 383 condensations in 22 massive star-forming regions, the team ident...

Researchers Use Counterjet to Reveal Clumpy Gas Near 3C 84 Black Hole

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have utilized the extremely faint counterjet in the nearby radio galaxy 3C 84 as a tomographic probe, discovering that the dense ionized gas surrounding the central supermassive black hole is lumpy and inhomogeneous, the team successfully used this...

The observational high energy astrophysics group and their collaborators have discovered highly relativistic jets in microquasars

ALMA High-Resolution Observations Reveal the Growth Spurt of Massive Stars in the Extreme Environment of the Galactic Center

Recently, researchers from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory have conducted high-resolution observations of the Galactic Center region using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), focusing on an early O-type massive protostar and its surrounding Keplerian accretion disk in the Sagittarius C molecular cloud within ...

​Progress in the Study of Distant Activity of Long-Period Comets

Recently, a research team from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), in collaboration with the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), has achieved significant progress in the study of distant activity of long-period comets. By conducting systematic observations of the long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) using the h...

China’s 5 kHz Millimeter-Level Satellite Laser Ranging System Passes International Validation

Recently, a 5 kHz high-repetition-rate millimeter-precision satellite laser ranging (SLR) system led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Changchun University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University, and Beijing ShengLei Technology Co., Ltd., has achieved a signi...

2026 Shanghai Astronomical Society Annual Conference Successfully Held

The 2026 Shanghai Astronomical Society Annual Conference concluded successfully on May 16 in Chongming, Shanghai. This year’s conference was jointly organized by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Shanghai Normal University, and Shanghai Univer...

China SKA Science Meeting 2026 Successfully Held in Shanghai

The China SKA Science Meeting 2026 was successfully held from May 12 to 14, 2026, in Shanghai, bringing together over 200 researchers and young scientists from universities and research institutions across China.

LHAASO Discovers New Extreme Particle Accelerator in the Milky Way

Tianma Telescope Team Achieves Major Progress in Interstellar Scintillation Study of Magnetar XTE J1810-197

Recently, the Tianma Telescope team from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved significant progress in the study of interstellar scintillation properties of the magnetar XTE J1810-197. Their key advancements include: explaining why previous low-frequency observations failed to ...

Adding a Twist: How Lopsided Disks Around Supermassive Black Holes Unify the Wild Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei

A new study proposes that the violent flickering and dramatic "changing looks" of supermassive black holes are driven by a single, overlooked geometric feature: elliptical, eccentric accretion disks. The research, published April 15 in Physical Review D, offers a unified physical model that connects the elusive origins of broad emi...

Workshop on the Formation of Exo-terrestrial Planets Held in Shanghai

On April 17, 2026, the Workshop on the Formation of Exo-terrestrial Planets, hosted by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was held in Shanghai. The meeting was chaired by Professor Jian Ge, Principal Investigator of the Earth 2.0 (ET) space mission under China’s Space Origins Explorati...

Major Progress in Constraining Neutron Star Equation of State Using X-ray Timing Signals

Recently, the Observational High Energy Astrophysics group led by Professor Wenfei Yu at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), in collaboration with Associate Professor Wenda Zhang of the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), has made a milestone achievement in the core science of X-ray timing astronomy -- co...