PARIS, France -- A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said. This handout picture obtained from the NASA website on January 6, 2022 shows the Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) that...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) proposed a resolution designating every Aug. 8 to 14 of each year as celebration of the National Space Week or "Pambansang Linggo ng Kalawakan". 3D render of the MULA satellite. Photo courtesy of SSTL. (Philippine Space Agency) "The national space week will...
Government agencies dealing with agriculture, business, and environmental protection must have an access to satellite data to maximize its use in various fields, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. told the country's space council. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. tours the...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) inked a partnership for space research, development, and data mobilization. Courtesy of Emirates News Agency Among the issues that these initiatives will focus on are disaster management, emergencies, food...
The country's first "high-power hybrid rocket" made from 3D-printed advanced composite materials is set to be launched into space in 2023, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) announced on Friday, Dec. 9. "Astronaut Soichi Noguchi captured the Philippines from the International Space Station (ISS)...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world. This handout released on December 5, 2022 by Australia's Department of Industry,...
Two European officials visited the heads of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), DOST said on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Giovanni Serritella (from left), EU Philippines Program Manager for Environment; Maria Terron Puig, DG-INTPA Philippine Desk...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The first galaxies may have formed far earlier than previously thought, according to observations from the James Webb Space Telescope that are reshaping astronomers' understanding of the early universe. This handout image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope...
UNITED STATES -- NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency's new flagship program, Artemis. Spectators cheer as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from...
There is a “high likelihood” that the debris found in Busuanga, Palawan and Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro were unburned parts of China's Long March 5B rocket, said the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) PhilSA specifically pointed out that the debris...
Satellite technology has gone a long way from just providing internet connection in far-flung areas as it is now aimed at educating people about financial literacy. PhilSA Space Missions Control and Operations Division Science Research Specialist I Engr. Vench Learry Angulo running diagnostics...
After 10 months in orbit, the country's first local university-built Filipino cube satellites (CubeSats) Maya-3 and Maya-4 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere Aug.4 and Aug. 8 respectively, ending their mission, the Philippine Space Agency said on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Cube satellites, Maya-3 &...
