RENEWABLE ENERGY | Solar energy meets South Australia’s total demand
South Australia (SA) has achieved a global milestone with 100 percent of the state’s energy coming from solar panels for over an hour.
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TELECOM | Sun sets on October 21
Smart wireless arm of the country’s largest and only integrated telco PLDT, completes the rebrand of Sun Prepaid to Smart Prepaid.
SPACE | Ground-based solar telescope takes first close-up images of sun’s surface
A U.S. solar telescope released its first images of the sun’s surface with unprecedented details.
SPACE | Jet-like spurts lend clue to a solar mystery
An international team led by Chinese astronomers shed light on a mystery in solar physics.
#FreeYouTubeForAll | Smart, Sun, TNT subscribers get biggest YouTube surprise
All prepaid subscribers of Smart, Sun and TNT simply have to dial *123#—Smart’s easy-access portal for promos—to enjoy more hours of YouTube every day.
TELECOM | Network upgrades to boost Sun LTE in Cebu
Sun subscribers in Cebu can look forward to improved mobile connectivity as leading telecom and digital service provider PLDT expands Long Term Evolution (LTE) support for its Sun brand.
TECH NEWS | Scientists discover ‘smarter’ way to produce energy from the sun
A team led by scientists at Australia’s Curtin University have created a much cheaper and environmentally friendly way of turning solar energy into clean fuels like hydrogen.
TELECOM | Unlock non-stop connections with Sun’s newest Non-Stop LTE Plans
For as low as P599 per month, you can get the Non-Stop LTE Plan 599 featuring a FREE Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro handset bundled with a monthly package of Non-Stop access to apps including Facebook, Messenger and Google Search.
SPACE | NASA to launch car-sized spacecraft to study Sun in August
NASA is preparing to launch a probe on an August morning to study the Sun closer than any human-made object ever has, revealing multiple mysteries behind the star.
SPACE | The sun to be cooler by 2050: study
Based on the cooling spiral of recent solar cycles, scientists from University of California, San Diego believe the next “grand-minimum” is just decades away, during which the sun will be 7 percent cooler.