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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 »

Per aspera ad astra

NASA via Reuters
Updated as of Oct 19 12:19 AM

In this still image taken from a NASA video, Jessica Meir walks outside the International Space Station on Friday to replace a broken power controller. Read more »

'One big step' for PH innovators: How rocket launch inspires NASA challenge winners

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 06:40 PM

For the first Filipino winners of the space apps challenge of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), witnessing a rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was another milestone in their journey that began at a Manila hackathon in October 2018.    Read more »

Pagkabit ng internet sa kalawakan inakalang alien invasion, UFO

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 08:53 PM

Inakala ng ilang taga-Netherlands na namumurong alien invasion ang paglalagay ng satellite na layong malagyan ng internet ang kalawakan. Read more »

Grapes on Mars? Georgia winemakers aiming high

Irakli Matreveli, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 11:46 AM

While it might seem like the stuff of science fiction, the idea of humans quaffing wine on the fourth planet from the Sun is coming closer to reality. Read more »

China warns US against ‘weaponizing’ space

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 07:00 PM

China is opposing the "weaponization" of space as it criticized Trump's orders to create a new command center for controlling military space operations. Read more »

In a surprise, first alien moon discovered is big and gaseous

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 03:58 AM

The exomoon is a large gaseous world the size of Neptune that is unlike any other known moon and orbits a gas planet much more massive than Jupiter. Read more »

For first time in decades, astronaut quits NASA training

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 11:05 AM

For the first time in 5 decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday. Read more »

Alien life in our Solar System? Study hints at Saturn's moon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 08:00 AM

Humanity may need look no further than our own Solar System in the search for alien life, researchers probing one of Saturn's moons said Tuesday.    Read more »

NASA plans new rover for Mars 2020 mission

Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 12:38 PM

NASA's next mission to Mars in 2020 will feature a souped-up unmanned rover vehicle to search for signs of ancient microbial life in areas of the uninhabitable red planet. Read more »

US spacecraft readies for fiery plunge into Saturn after 13-year mission

Ian Simpson, Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 07:41 AM

The US space agency's Cassini spacecraft will end its 13-year mission to Saturn in mid-September by transmitting data until the final moment before it plunges into the ringed planet's atmosphere, officials said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Space probe finds vast void between Saturn's rings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 11:04 AM

WASHINGTON - The unmanned Cassini spacecraft, after completing two passes in the vast, unexplored area between Saturn's rings has discovered not much else there, researchers at NASA said. Read more »

5 reasons to visit the reopened National Planetarium

Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 10:37 AM

Starting this weekend, visitors to the National Planetarium in Manila can enjoy full-dome shows, which will be offered free of charge until April 30. Read more »

Keeping the Earth 'just right' for life

Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 09:21 AM

MANILA – How hard can it be to find a planet that would be “just right” to support life? Read more »

House to consolidate bills on PH space program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 03:12 AM

Lawmakers in the lower House have approved the formation of a technical working group to consolidate proposed bills pioneering a Philippine space program, a project which President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed support. Read more »