Paralytic, physicist, celebrity, genius. There are many words to describe Stephen Hawking by, but none capable of defining him on their own. Diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 22, he was never expected to make it to 25, let alone to the next century. And amazingly, the wonder of Professor Hawking was not his surviving the disease, …

In December of 2017, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a YouTube video of things to do in 2018. Much of the list is business as usual. Some make geeks excited. And a select few look like projects straight out of science fiction. Now, we take a look at the NASA 2018 To Do List. Send a Robot to …

The Philippines was caught up in moon magic more than a year ago, when the Supermoon was seen in the country’s night sky in Nov. 2016. This year, the Supermoon came back on Dec. 3, Sunday. Although it was not as spectacular as it was seen in the northern hemisphere, it was still quite impressive. This year’s Supermoon reached its …

The night sky will be anything but dull in the coming days, as the Orionid meteor shower peaks from Oct. 20 to 22. The meteors are the “fastest and brightest” because they hit the Earth almost head on according to Space.com. Philippine weather agency PAG-ASA also says that as many as 15 comets per hour can be seen, if viewed …

Jack Davis, a 9-year-old boy from New Jersey wrote to the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) to apply for the position of Planetary Protection Officer. In his letter, he cites what he thinks are his most important qualifications: that his sister thinks he is an alien and that he is young and can “learn to think like an alien.” …

The world is anticipating a rare natural phenomenon, a total solar eclipse, that is happening on Aug 21. Certain portions of the continental United States will witness the eclipse firsthand, and feel its effects. As with any other total solar eclipse, only certain parts of the earth will experience it. According to Space.com, the path where the eclipse can be …

Astronomers at NASA announced that they have discovered 10 new planets the same size as the Earth. Located outside our solar system, the planets are said to have rocky surfaces and may have liquid water. According to an Inquirer report, the team of astronomers under the Kepler mission combed through all the data gathered by the spacetelescope and also found …

For the the first time in recorded history, there are new kids on the block- seven of them in fact, just 40 light-years away. All huddled together around a single star, these exoplanets are just waiting to be under the spotlight. And indeed they did under NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. This neighboring system is called the TRAPPIST-1, named after The …

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a very important announcement to make. It could be bigger than the big bang, and it’s not one you would want to miss. On Monday, NASA announced that they would air an especially intriguing “beyond our solar system” news conference at 1 p.m. EST on Feb.22 live on NASA Television and the …

A giant asteroid, about 10 miles wide,  with a force that equals to three billion nuclear bombs may hit Earth says  Zhao Haibin, a Chinese astronomer, according to Nature World News. Could this be the end of the world as we know it? Asteroid to hit Earth, human extinction It was reported that the huge meteor was detected by Zhao Haibin through …