Tag: space

Space, the final frontier. As SpaceX aims for Mars and NASA makes plans for the Moon, what was once just a possibility—off-world living—is now a certainty. Soon enough, humans will be living in stations and colonies on other planets if they decide

It seems outer space is the next frontier for recreational travel. Fresh off Axiom Space's intentions to build the first luxury hotel in space, an architectural firm has just unveiled the plans for the first sustainable city on Mars.Presenting Nuwa City in

Last week, when NASA’s Perseverance robot dropped through the atmosphere on Mars, it deployed a parachute designed with what seemed like abstract shapes of red and silver. But it actually contained a secret message.According to Allen Chen, designer of the landing system,

FYI, there's a crater on Mars named after the municipality of Taytay in Palawan, but as it turns out, it's not the only one named after a place in the Philippines. According to the Gazzetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the United States

A new year means a new set of events for the yearly astronomical calendar, and if you’re a sucker for meteor showers, and jaw dropping eclipses then brace yourself because 2021 is full of amazing sky shows to watch out for. Don’t

The Great Conjunction of 2020 is almost here and it’s reported to be one of the most historical astronomical events in centuries! FYI, a conjunction in astronomy terms is described by EarthSky as the “meeting of planets and other objects on our sky’s

2020 has been one hell of a rough ride. We’ve lost count of all the terrible things that have plagued (pun intended) us this year, and when things got too much, we did what many star-lovers did: We looked up, and let

With the year 2020 has been, it's only fitting to end it with a bang. By "bang," the internet thinks that that means a good 'ol alien invasion. Jokes aside, however, scientists say it isn't such a farfetched idea. Maybe not this

Get ready to make a wish because one of the most dazzling meteor showers this year is set to reach its peak tonight, November 17, and will last until the dawn of November 18.TOP STORY: Heart Evangelista Shuts Down Netizens Who Told Her

Year 2020’s not yet done with its fair share of peculiar surprises, but thankfully, this one’s more of a treat than a trick. According to astrologers, stargazers all around the world can expect a full moon to cast its eerie light right

Something odd is stirring in the atmosphere of our neighboring planet and scientists are just as perplexed as we are.Yesterday, a group of astronomers revealed that they detected Phosphine gas on the cloud decks of Venus, which poses the probability of alien

Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations seen from the Northern Hemisphere. Early in 2020, the constellation made headlines when its brightest star Betelgeuse (pronounced “beetle juice”) was observed to be dimming and scientists didn’t know why.Orion brought another surprise when

Almost five years ago, scientists have noticed two bright spots on the surface of Ceres, the largest object in our main asteroid belt. This peculiar finding via the Dawn spacecraft—which came as close 22 miles from Ceres’ surface—was further analyzed by NASA

Attention, all space nerds! NASA’s inviting everyone to join them in the historic launching of the Perseverance rover to Mars. In line with the big cosmic send off on July 30, the agency’s urging people from all over the world to participate

It looks like the July night sky isn’t done treating us to a cosmic lights show just yet. Apart from Comet Neowise dashing past Earth for almost the entire month, space watchers can also expect a meteor shower to grace us overhead

ICYDK an impossibly dazzling entity has been gracing our skies for the past few weeks. Officially dubbed C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet Neowise for short, it was first discovered on March 27 using the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space

For many years, a powerful gravitational anomaly in the solar system has baffled scientists, prompting them to theorize that a giant planet more massive than Jupiter is lurking somewhere beyond Neptune and affecting the orbit of objects beyond the last planet as

NASA just showcased a decade of the Sun, and we’re positively mesmerized. The agency published the stunning video last June 20 in celebration of the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s (SDO) 10 year anniversary in space. The SDO, which orbits the earth, is designed to

On Father’s Day, parts of the Philippines were plunged into darkness when a solar eclipse occurred late in the afternoon of June 21, 2020.  Such events are steeped in superstition. Some Filipino elders still believe eclipses are omens of death or incoming disasters.But a reassuring

Get ready for a celestial show on June 21 as the world prepares for the deepest annular solar eclipse of the century.The event marks the new moon crossing the sun, all while it’s farthest from the Earth on its orbit. This means