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Green Comet visible after 50,000 years

Ethan Miller, Getty Images via AFP
Posted at Feb 01 11:18 PM

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is visible in the sky above the Mojave National Preserve in as it approaches Earth for the first time in about 50,000 years Read more »

Star visibility eroding rapidly as night sky gets brighter: study

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 06:27 AM

Over an 18-year period, given such star brightness change, a location with 250 visible stars would see that number reduced to 100. Read more »

Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

Juliette Collen and Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 03:06 AM

PARIS, France - A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said. Read more »

NASA Moon mission 'exceeding' expectations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 09:58 PM

On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is "exceeding performance expectations," NASA officials said on Friday. Read more »

Webb observations point to a shorter cosmic dark age

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 07:22 AM

The first galaxies may have formed far earlier than previously thought, according to observations from the James Webb Space Telescope that are reshaping astronomers' understanding of the early universe. Read more »

Look up: Filipinos grab a peek of blood moon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 01:31 AM

Clouds initially hampered astronomy enthusiasts but eventually cleared enough for the eclipse to be sighted. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 8, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 11:53 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Aiming for the moon

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 10:57 PM

Astronomy enthusiasts locate the moon at a viewing event of the lunar eclipse at the Rizal Park in Manila on Tuesday. Read more »

Lunar eclispe tinutukan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:55 PM

Ngayong gabi ng Martes ang total lunar eclipse o blood moon. Read more »

Beaver blood moon makikita simula gabi ng Nobyembre 8

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 08:49 PM

Masisilayan simula gabi ng Martes ang isang total lunar eclipse na kung tawagin ay beaver blood moon. Read more »

Astronomers are captivated by brightest flash ever seen

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 01:11 PM

Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole. Read more »

'A new era': NASA strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defense

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 08:14 AM

LAUREL, United States - NASA's DART spaceship on Monday struck the asteroid Dimorphos in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. Read more »

Long lost moon could have been responsible for Saturn's rings

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 16 07:29 AM

A new study says an icy moon broke up after getting too close to the planet Saturn, its remaining fragments forming the planet's signature rings. Read more »

Webb telescope captures new detail of Phantom Galaxy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 04:09 AM

The Phantom Galaxy is a 'favorite target for astronomers studying the origin and structure of galactic spirals,' NASA and the ESA said. Read more »

NASA calls off Monday launch of Moon rocket

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 09:56 PM

NASA called off the test flight on Monday of its largest-ever Moon rocket because of a temperature issue with one of the four giant engines. Read more »

Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplanet atmosphere

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 07:36 AM

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Read more »

Supermoon rises in Spain

Javier Cebollada, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jul 14 11:39 PM

The supermoon rises in Zaragoza, Spain on Wednesday. Read more »

LOOK: New images from James Webb Space Telescope

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 12:15 AM

The James Webb Space Telescope began releasing a new wave of cosmic images on Tuesday, heralding a new era of astronomy. Read more »

Super strawberry moon inabangan ng mga Pinoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 07:28 PM

Ngayong gabi matutunghayan ang Strawberry Supermoon, na pangalawa sa apat na magkakasunod hanggang ngayong Agosto. Read more »

Milky Way's secrets revealed by massive space probe map

Pierre Celerier and Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 05:28 PM

The Gaia space probe unveiled its latest discoveries on Monday in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious "starquakes" which sweep across the fiery giants like vast tsunamis. Read more »