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Philippines' 2nd cube satellite Maya-2 launched into space

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 11:56 PM

Maya-2, the country’s second cube satellite, was launched at the International Space Station early Sunday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 19, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 12:55 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Perseverance rover's first images on the Red Planet

Bill Ingals, NASA via AFP
Posted at Feb 19 03:44 PM

This NASA photo shows members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team watching in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars in Thursday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga tulong ng cube satellite Maya-1 para sa pananaliksik ng Pilipinas sa kalawakan

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 09:59 PM

Naging matagumpay ang paglalakbay sa kalawakan ng Maya-1 na nakabalik na sa mundo nitong Nobyembre. Ayon sa isa sa mga lumikha nito, malaki ang tulong ng cube satellite, ang pinakauna ng Pilipinas, para sa pananaliksik ng bansa sa kalawakan. Read more »

Paglipad ng rocket ng China sa ibabaw ng Luzon, maraming nabahala

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 08:32 PM

Maraming nangamba sa rocket launch ng China dahil lumipad ito sa ibabaw ng Luzon nitong November 24.   Read more »

NASA probe Osiris-Rex 'kisses' asteroid Bennu in historic mission

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 08:45 AM

After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on Wednesday to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. Read more »

Search for life on Venus could start with this private company

Jonathan O’Callaghan, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 16 06:51 AM

On Monday, scientists announced the astonishing discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. This chemical could have been produced by a biological source, but scientists won’t know for sure without sending a spacecraft to the planet.   Read more »

Scientists find gas on Venus linked to life on Earth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:45 AM

PARIS - The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbor. Read more »

Scientists detect mysterious 'intermediate mass' black hole

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 06:00 AM

PARIS - Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a black hole -- the oldest ever detected -- that shouldn't even exist according to the current understanding of cosmic monsters so dense not even light can escape their gravitational pull. Read more »

Blue planet: Study proposes new origin theory for Earth's water

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 06:26 AM

WASHINGTON - Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a longstanding scientific debate. Read more »

Space oddity: Bacteria can survive cosmic trip, study shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:05 AM

TOKYO - Scientists have found a radiation-resistant bacteria can survive at least three years exposed in orbit, suggesting simple life forms could manage the long journey between Earth and Mars unprotected. Read more »

Dimming of one of galaxy's brightest stars 'caused by dust cloud'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 05:56 AM

PARIS - The sudden dimming of one of the Milky Way's brightest stars, Betelgeuse, could be due to a dust cloud spewing up from its surface, astronomers said on Thursday. Read more »

Room with a view: Virgin Galactic gives peek at spacecraft cabin

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 29 08:33 AM

WASHINGTON - The Virgin Galactic spaceship that will someday carry very moneyed tourists boasts windows and cameras galore for easy selfies with planet Earth. Read more »

Beyond the Milky Way, a galactic wall

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 21 06:54 AM

Astronomers have discovered that there is a vast wall across the southern border of the local cosmos.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 6, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 12:53 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Soyuz MS-16 set for launch amid COVID-19 pandemic

Handout, Russian space agency Roscosmos via Reuters
Posted at Apr 06 04:43 PM

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft for the next International Space Station (ISS) crew, formed of Chris Cassidy of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, is prepared on Monday amid new constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ahead of its upcoming launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch on April 9, 2020 at 04:05 EDT (08:05 UTC) from Site 31/6 at the cosmodrome and will mark the first time the Soyuz 2.1a rocket will be used to launch people.  Read more »

SpaceX announces partnership to send tourists to ISS

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 07:48 AM

SpaceX on Thursday announced a partnership to send three tourists to the International Space Station (ISS), the first private trip in more than a decade. Read more »

Eyeing combat in outer space, US creates Pentagon Space Force

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 05:18 PM

The Space Command will focus on warfighting -- akin to the Pentagon's regional commands like CentCom -- while the Space Force will encompass broader missions like training, procurement, long-term planning and other functions. Read more »

Virgin Galactic becomes first space tourism company to land on Wall Street

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 09:00 AM

Founder Richard Branson appeared on the floor of the NYSE to ring a bell marking the beginning of trading, as fireworks jetted behind him. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 18, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:28 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »