Category: Beyond Earth
Photos from space: the Moon’s far side and an object 4 billion miles away
• The United States and China rang in the New Year with new achievements in space exploration. • NASA’s New…
A “Farout” discovery: the most distant Solar System body ever found
• The newly discovered dwarf planet 2018 VG18 (or “Farout”) is currently the most distant body in the Solar System.…
How I discovered new worlds (and how you can, too)
Have you ever wanted to become an astronaut? Have you ever fantasized about going out on a space adventure aboard…
Check out Diwata-2’s first photos of the Philippines
• PHL-Microsat has released the first images captured by Diwata-2, approximately one month after the microsatellite’s launch. • The images…
Comet, asteroid, or alien ship? Pinoy experts weigh in on ‘Oumuamua
A ginormous “interstellar object” recently made headlines when Harvard researchers pondered the possibility that it was an alien spacecraft. FlipScience…
Did NASA really give Godzilla, Hulk, and Mjolnir their own constellations?
Apart from curiosity and a sense of wonder, humanity has also always exhibited pareidolia, or the tendency to look for patterns…
Trick or treat: Does “The Goblin” prove our Solar System has a 9th planet?
As children, many of us learned about the Solar System’s nine planets from our science teachers and books. This, to…
Lunar billionaire: First SpaceX moon tourist will take artists with him
“Finally, I can tell you that, ‘I choose to go to the moon.’” Aerospace company SpaceX has revealed its first…
Launch imminent: Philippine space agency rockets closer to reality
The latest in a series of small but significant steps puts the Philippines much closer to making a giant leap…
Why Pinoys sent a small bird into outer space
Minute, multi-colored, and most likely an entirely different species from the one you’re picturing in your head right now, the…
