Chinese astronomers have investigated quasar candidates from the DESI Legacy Surveys (DESI-LS) photometry catalog. As a result, they detected 19 strongly-lensed, dual and projected quasars. The ...

This comet, named after its simultaneous discovery by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and the ATLAS astronomical ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered by astronomers at China’s Purple Mountain Observatory in January 2023. A month later it was also independently found by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact ...

Astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences first spotted the comet on Jan. 5. The IAU's Minor Planet Center confirmed the discovery on Thursday and ...