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Black hole throws massive star bigger than our sun out of the Milky Way galaxy

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 16 06:27 PM

The star is about twice as massive as our own sun and ten times more luminous. Read more »

Boeing received 'unnecessary' contract boost for astronaut capsule, watchdog says

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 10:54 AM

Boeing's multi-billion dollar contract to build US astronaut capsules received an "unnecessary" extension from NASA, a watchdog report said on Thursday, the latest management blunders in the agency's program to restart domestic human spaceflight. Read more »

China completes lander test for first Mars mission in 2020

Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 03:08 PM

China on Thursday successfully completed a lander test in northern Hebei province ahead of an unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year.   Read more »

NASA renames faraway ice world after Nazi-link backlash

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 13 07:45 AM

Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name's Nazi connotations. Read more »

SpaceX sends up 60 mini-satellites with plans for thousands more

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 08:02 AM

The American company's Starlink network could one day total 42,000 satellites -- resulting in far more crowded skies and raising concerns among some scientists.    Read more »

PH’s 2nd microsatellite marks 1st year in space, shows Manila Bay improvement

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 07:02 PM

After just a year in space, Philippines’ second microsatellite Diwata-2 has been able to cover almost half of the country’s land area, taking images of towns and bodies of water that provide important insights about the nation’s changing landscape. 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 »

Space: A major legal void

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 10:30 AM

The idea of putting tens of thousands more satellites into orbit, as compared with the roughly 2,000 that are currently active around the Earth, highlights the fact that space is a legal twilight zone.   Read more »

NASA plans to send water-hunting robot to moon surface in 2022

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 07:38 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—NASA will send a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in 2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface, an effort to evaluate the vital resource ahead of a planned human return to the moon in 2024 to possibly use it for astronauts to drink and to make rocket fuel, the US space agency said Friday. Read more »

Hong Kong businessman pays almost $1 million for parking space

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 01:45 PM

Hong Kong might be heading for recession after months of violent protests but that hasn't stopped one businessman from forking out almost $1 million for a parking spot.   Read more »

Amazon's Bezos leads team to build moon lander

Kenneth Chang, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 23 10:22 AM

On Tuesday, three major aerospace companies led by Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, announced they would collaborate on a design that they will submit to NASA. Read more »

NASA wants international partners to go to Moon too

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 23 10:24 AM

WASHINGTON - As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday. Read more »

US astronauts embark on first all-female spacewalk in history

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 09:56 AM

Two NASA astronauts made space history on Friday, completing the first spacewalk by an all-woman team when they stepped outside the International Space Station. 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 »

'History unfolds': NASA streams first spacewalk by all-female team

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 18 11:53 PM

US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk Friday, following a spacesuit flub earlier this year that caused the historic mission to be aborted. Read more »

NASA unveils flexible, one-size-fits-all space suits

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 07:35 AM

When US astronauts next touch down on the Moon, expect them to walk almost as they do on Earth, thanks to a new generation of spacesuits offering key advantages over those of the Apollo-era.  Read more »

Alexei Leonov, first human to walk in space, dies at 85

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 12:20 AM

Alexei Leonov, who became the first human to walk in space in 1965, died on Friday at the age of 85 after a long illness, Russia's TASS news agency reported. Read more »

Saturn is the solar system's 'moon king,' with 20 more spotted

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 07:49 AM

WASHINGTON - Saturn is now being recognized as the "moon king" of our solar system, with astronomers spotting 20 more of them orbiting the giant ringed planet, bringing its total count to 82 - three more than Jupiter. Read more »

Got a car? Get parking, too: Pimentel wants unassailable proof-of-parking space bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:05 AM

MANILA—Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III wants to make sure that the proposed proof-of-parking space law will stand constitutional scrutiny. Read more »