China's new renewable energy plans will focus on the Gobi and other desert regions, as it speeds up the construction of huge new wind and solar power bases and boosts its transmission capabilities, ...

One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China is continuing its rapid rate of space launches with its 22nd mission of 2020. China ...

Asia’s Gobi desert, one of the world’s largest, is on the move. The desert straddles the border between Mongolia and China, and each year it marches south toward major Chinese cities. Google Earth ...

A new civil airport opened in northwest China's Gobi Desert on Friday, bringing a boon to the oil-rich region. A China Eastern Airlines Airbus 319, which departed from the provincial capital of Xining ...

Compared with the Gobi Desert, the Coachella Valley is a jungle. A variety of shrub species cover our valley floor. Succulent cacti, agaves and yuccas are common on hillsides. Four tree species adorn ...