TEHRAN — Iran’s newest domestically manufactured satellite was launched into space on Friday morning.

ILOILO CITY — The Western Visayas region is leading in terms of renewable energy development, according to Engr. Eduardo L. Amante, chief of the Energy Resource Development and Utilization Division of the DOE-Visayas.

WASHINGTON — An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star, according to a study published Thursday in Astrophysical Journal Letters.

MOSCOW — The European Space Agency has approved Russia's involvement in a joint Mars exploration project, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — During the next five years, NASA 's technology development efforts should focus on 16 high-priority technologies and their associated top technical challenges, says a new report released Wednesday from the National Research Council.