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Life inside Pluto? Hot birth may have created internal ocean on dwarf planet
This is exciting, as where there's warm water, there could be life

Titan: First global map uncovers secrets of a potentially habitable moon of Saturn
Understanding the distribution of landscapes documented in the global map is a vital step towards understanding the environments and history of this amazing world

World's oldest captive white rhino dies in French zoo
Save the Rhino says around 20,000 southern white rhinos – Sana's tribe – are left in the world

Nobel Prize in Physics: How the first exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered
This award marks a long-awaited recognition of one of the greatest revolutions in modern astronomy, one that has radically changed our perception of our place in the universe

Red planet rumbles: NASA's recordings of 'marsquakes' let us listen to the martian heartbeat
While the vibrations have been altered a bit so our ears can actually pick them up, you can now hear the marsquakes for yourself!

Here's your chance to name an exoplanet and its host star
'The names of the exoplanet and its host star should be related to one another and they should be culturally or historically relevant to the Philippines,' says PAGASA

A disc of dust and gas found around a newborn planet could be the birthplace of moons
It blows the mind to think we might see other planets and even moons in the process of formation, using the biggest telescope in the world. It’s just another reminder of how small and insignificant we really are.

Stellar award: 3 Camarines Sur students get planets named after them
High school students Eugene Rivera, Joscel Manzanero, and Keith Cadores earn the honor after winning in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair – the largest pre-college science competition in the world

Filipino netizens fume over Lonely Planet video featuring Banaue Rice Terraces
(UPDATED) The video, which has since been taken down, said the terraces were 'first built around 2,000 years ago by the Chinese'

WATCH: Mother Earth stars in Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’ documentary series trailer
These animals are ready to make a splash!

What's the weather like on Uranus and Neptune? New images give important clues
New images from the Hubble Space Telescope show a variety of intriguing weather patterns in the atmospheres of both Neptune and Uranus

Saturn's rings are younger than the planet itself
The sixth planet from the Sun formed about 4.5 billion years ago, along with the rest of the planets in our solar system, and spent the bulk of its existence without the characteristic rings it is known for today

First impressions, prices: Eco-beauty brand Love Beauty and Planet
It’s a new brand that promises sustainable and ethical beauty products at an equally ethical price point – but does it deliver?

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years
The US space agency believes it can put humans on the Red Planet within 25 years, but the technological and medical hurdles are immense

Sponges from Mars? Study suggests water on the red planet could support life
A new study shows that brine deposits below the surface of Mars can contain molecular oxygen – which is crucial for life on Earth

Nature pushed to the brink by 'runaway consumption'
WWF's 'Living Planet' reports says that from 1970 to 2014, 60% of all animals with a backbone were wiped out by human activity

World leaders gather to breathe new life into Paris accord
'We are not here just to speak, but to be accountable,' says French President Emmanuel Macron, who launched the 'One Planet Summit' in 2017

TV throwback: We still can't get over these cartoons from the '90s
Surprise! Some of them are getting a reboot.

The weight of all life on Earth
Of the total weight of this massive planet, how much of it is the weight of the life it harbors?

NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to Mars
'We already have great views of Mars from the surface as well as from orbit. With the added dimension of a bird's-eye view from a 'marscopter,' we can only imagine what future missions will achieve,' says NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen

One scientist's 30-year quest to get under Mars' skin
With a little luck and some help from NASA, the instrument Philippe Lognonne designed to take the Red Planet's pulse will land before the year's end and press a high-tech ear to its dusty surface

NASA's newest Mars lander to study quakes on Red Planet
Since the Earth and Mars were likely formed by similar processes 4.5 billion years ago, the US space agency hopes the lander will shed light on what made them so different

SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS
The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search outside the solar system, scanning the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming

Leaders join France's Macron to discuss climate cash crunch
Without trillions of dollars of investment in clean energy, the pact's goal to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels will remain a pipe dream

On eve of climate summit, Macron reminds Trump of 'responsibility to history'
Macron rejects the idea that Trump could negotiate a fresh deal and termed his withdrawal an 'aggressive' maneuver

New planet could support life – ESO observatory
A new extrasolar system planet can be added to a handful of fellow exoplanets which could theoretically support life, the European Southern Observatory says

Zentennials: The Making of The Greatest Filipino Generation
Raising Gen Z aims to start a discussion on this new generation on September 9 at SMX Convention Center SM Aura

Other planets may never be as hospitable as Earth – study
Without atmospheric greenhouse gases – a feature of Earth – the energy required to thaw an icy planet would be so high that it would transit from frozen to inferno without an intermediate liveable phase scientists find

‘Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets’ Review: Unabashed spectacles
[Luc] Besson s film morphs and bends with effortless ease

‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Finale of biblical proportions
War stretches Dawn’s metaphors to near biblical proportion

'War for The Planet of The Apes': Memikat sekaligus mengusik nurani
Para pembuat film ini berhasil menghidupkan setiap bagian cerita dan karakter dengan sinematografi dan dialog yang apik

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France pledges $34 million for foreign climate experts
French officials have decided to set up a priority research program for the fight against climate change says the environment ministry

France's Macron unveils 'Make our planet great again' website
This is the only way we can spread the word: Something is happening Our planet is about to be great again the website says

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Start 2017 right with these apps installed on your phones
There are many worthy applications you can spend your time on but we ve narrowed our list of must keep apps for 2017

Satellite images appear to show Vietnam dredging on disputed reef
UPDATED An image of the small Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands where Vietnam has a lighthouse shows several vessels in a carved out embankment on the reef s edge

Di 'Women Change Makers', perempuan positif HIV ceritakan kisah mereka
Ketiga perempuan ini berharap agar bisa dilihat sebagai diri mereka apa adanya dan dilibatkan dalam program pemerintah

Belajar mengenal satwa melalui jendela pusat perbelanjaan
Selama bulan Desember Galeries Lafayette berkolaborasi dengan WWF Indonesia mengedukasi generasi muda dan publik dengan memberi dan berbagi dalam konsep A Living Planet
Movie Reviews: Cinema One Originals film fest 2016
Movie critic Oggs Cruz gives a rundown of this year s films and documentaries from the festival

Full lineup: Cinema One Originals Festival 2016
Seven feature films and 3 documentaries comprise this year s film festival lineup Check them out here:

Humanity decimating planetary wildlife – report
UPDATED On current trends stocks of global wildlife could plunge 2 3 by 2020 an annual decline of 2 a report says

European craft crashed on Mars, possibly exploded – ESA
The Schiaparelli lander reached the Martian surface a lot faster than intended and got smashed according to the European Space Agency

European lander starts 3-day descent to Mars surface – ESA
Schiaparelli s main goal is to test entry and landing gear and technology for a subsequent rover which will be the highlight of the ExoMars mission

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Asteroid named after Freddie Mercury on his 70th birthday
The asteroid is far from the British singer s namesake planet and is instead in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

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Scientists discover strange planet with 3 stars
The planet named HD 131399Ab is located about 340 light years from Earth and is believed to be about 16 million years old

Real-life Tatooine? Scientists discover giant new planet orbiting two suns
Located near the Cygnus constellation the planet Kepler 1647 b lies some 3 700 light years away from the Earth
