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What time is the SpaceX astronaut launch? How to watch

The New York Times
Posted at May 27 01:43 PM

On Wednesday, NASA is preparing to send 2 of its astronauts to orbit aboard a spacecraft built by SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk.   Read more »

Collision of galaxies may have spurred our solar system's formation

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at May 27 08:27 AM

A violent event on a colossal scale - the crash of two galaxies - may have paved the way for our solar system's birth. Read more »

For first time, scientists spot an alien planet as it is being formed

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at May 21 11:54 AM

Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star a planet in the process of being born. Read more »

'Full-flower supermoon' rises on world starting to emerge from pandemic lockdowns

Reuters
Updated as of May 08 10:26 AM

The last "supermoon" of 2020 rose in the night sky on Thursday over a world beginning to re-emerge after weeks of coronavirus-related lockdowns. Read more »

Closest black hole to Earth has 2 partners in surprising celestial marriage

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at May 07 09:13 AM

Astronomers have spotted the closest black hole to Earth ever discovered and are surprised about its living arrangements - residing harmoniously with two stars in a remarkable celestial marriage that may end in a nasty breakup. Read more »

Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower 2020: Watch it peak in night skies

Nicholas St. Fleur, The New York Times
Posted at May 04 01:45 PM

All year long, as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris — trails of rocks and ice left behind by comets. When Earth passes through them, the bits of debris, which can be as small as grains of sand, pierce the sky at such speeds that they burst, creating a meteor shower. Read more »

Lighting up the night sky

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 12:12 AM

The moon and Venus appear near each other a day after their conjuction on April 26 in this photo taken after sunset in UP Teachers’ Village in Quezon City on Monday. Read more »

'Bright, fast' meteors to light up PH sky: PAGASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 12:51 PM

Bright and fast meteors will light up the country's skies from Wednesday to early Thursday, the state weather bureau said.   Read more »

Mga kuhang retrato ng supermoon ibinahagi ng Bayan Patrollers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 01:49 PM

Ibinahagi mula gabi ng Martes ng ilang Bayan Patrollers ang kanilang mga kuhang retrato ng supermoon mula sa kani-kanilang lugar.    Read more »

New minimoon found orbiting Earth. There will be more

Rebecca Boyle, The New York Times
Updated as of Feb 28 12:14 PM

Earth gets a new moon most months, but this month, we got two.About 4 a.m. on Feb. 15 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory, 9,000 feet above Tucson, Arizona, two astronomers from the Catalina Sky Survey, Kacper Wierzchos and Theodore Pruyne, watched as their computer screens registered a dot moving against a static background of stars. Read more »

'This is a big deal': Earth captures new 'mini moon'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 28 12:59 PM

Earth has acquired a second "mini-moon" about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet. Read more »

Moonstruck: Japanese billionaire's girlfriend entrants top 20,000

Sam Nussey, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 03:44 PM

Applications to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's girlfriend have topped 20,000, streaming service AbemaTV said on Thursday, ahead of its documentary on his search for a "life partner" to take on his moon voyage.   Read more »

Wanted: Girlfriend to fly to the Moon with Japanese billionaire

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 14 06:29 AM

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's search for a girlfriend to join him on a voyage around the moon will be the subject of a new documentary program, in the latest attention-grabbing stunt by the entrepreneur.   Read more »

NASA planet hunter finds Earth-sized world in 'Goldilocks zone'

Ivan Couronne and Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 08:05 AM

NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water. Read more »

'Ring of fire' eclipse wows across Asia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 03:21 PM

Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse Thursday. Read more »

Black hole so huge it ‘shouldn’t even exist’ discovered in our galaxy

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 30 11:50 PM

LB-1 is 15,000 light-years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. Read more »

When the moon and planets align

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 10:28 PM

The picture shows a thin waxing crescent moon lining up with the planets Jupiter in the middle and Venus looking shinier and bigger in appearance from the Earth.  Read more »

Black hole throws massive star bigger than our sun out of the Milky Way galaxy

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 16 06:27 PM

The star is about twice as massive as our own sun and ten times more luminous. Read more »

NASA renames faraway ice world after Nazi-link backlash

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 13 07:45 AM

Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name's Nazi connotations. Read more »

Celestial fireworks: Meteor shower to light up midnight skies

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 12:29 PM

The Orionids, considered one of the most beautiful meteor showers, will peak on Monday and Tuesday night, astronomers said. Read more »