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OPINION: Science proves God sends a miracle from across the universe

Robert Labayen
Posted at Sep 09 12:41 PM

Scientists’ account of how life began shows how God can make anything possible. Read more »

Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object not an alien spaceship

Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 05:39 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.   Read more »

NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's edge

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 07:36 AM

The nuclear-powered space probe has traveled 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) to come within 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of Ultima Thule, an apparently peanut-shaped, 20-mile-long (32-km-long) space rock in the uncharted heart of the Kuiper Belt. The belt is a ring of icy celestial bodies just outside Neptune's orbit. Read more »

Solar system's most distant object is 'Farout' pink dwarf planet

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 01:42 AM

WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered the most distant object known in our solar system, so remote and unusual they chose the nickname "Farout" for the slow-moving, icy, pinkish dwarf planet about 120 to 130 times further from the sun than Earth. Read more »

Mercury mission to explore origin of solar system

Laurence Coustal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 05:23 PM

Mercury is 58 million kilometers from the Sun, nearly three times closer than Earth. Read more »

Astronomers bid farewell to $3.9-B Saturn spacecraft

Kerry Sheridan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 09:17 PM

Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion, has run out of rocket fuel as expected after a journey of 7.9 billion kilometers. 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 »