Russian spaceship docks with orbiting station
A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked Friday with the International Space Station, bringing the size of the crew at the orbiting lab to six.
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South Korea: First rocket launch successful
South Korea on Wednesday said it successfully launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time, a point of national pride that came weeks after archrival North Korea accomplished a similar feat to the surprise of the world.
‘Doomsday asteroid’ gone; back in 16 years
The asteroid called 99942 Apophis, long billed as a “doomsday asteroid,” buzzed the Earth at past 8 a.m. on Thursday morning, appearing like a tiny flashing dot in the sky but obscured by gray clouds from the vantage point of Filipinos.
Want to be in space? Search on for first Filipino astronaut
Our love for travel has fuelled many a budget airline’s existence but for one Filipino the next destination will be unlike any other as it is not on earth.
FAST FACTS: Who is Apophis?
Apophis, which means “giant snake,” is the Egyptian sun god Ra’s nemesis.
Asteroid makes ‘flyby’ Thursday
A heavenly body packing more energy than 25,000 Hiroshima bombs and which can obliterate Luzon on impact will streak across the skies near Earth on Thursday under the watchful gaze of astronomers the world over.
Solar farms built to outlast any storm
As a tropical country, the Philippines experiences an average of 20-25 storms every year, causing considerable loss of lives and properties.
Mind-controlled hand offers hope for the paralyzed
Pentagon-backed scientists on Monday announced they had created a robot hand that was the most advanced brain-controlled prosthetic limb ever made.
Wheel prints not moonwalk but still darn exciting
Neil Armstrong inspired millions with his moonwalk. Can a feisty robotic rover exploring Mars do the same for another generation?
NASA Mars images ‘next best thing to being there’
The US space agency NASA has recently pieced together a panoramic view from the camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, calling it the “next best thing to being” on the Red Planet.
Geeks bearing gifts: Higgs announcement spawns bad-joke day
News about an elusive particle called the Higgs boson sparked a rash of bad jokes on the Internet on Wednesday but probably left many T-shirt sellers with a frown on their face.
Higgs-like particle found in ‘milestone’ for mankind
After a quest spanning nearly half a century, physicists said Wednesday they had found a sub-atomic particle that may be the elusive Higgs boson, believed to confer mass on matter.
Eureka! Physicists celebrate evidence of particle
To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world’s biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it “consistent” with the long-sought Higgs boson — popularly known as the “God particle” — that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape.
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