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'Extreme' white dwarf sets cosmic records for small size, huge mass

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 04:58 AM

WASHINGTON - In their death throes, roughly 97% of all stars become a smoldering stellar zombie called a white dwarf, one of the densest objects in the cosmos. A newly discovered white dwarf is being hailed as the most "extreme" one of these on record, cramming a frightful amount of mass into a surprisingly small package. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 26, 2021

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Updated as of May 27 02:45 AM

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

Super Flower Blood Moon ends

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 12:17 AM

The lunar event was dubbed the Super Flower Blood Moon, as the full moon during the month of May is called the Flower Moon. Read more »

Watching the lunar eclipse

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 10:50 PM

A woman watches a lunar eclipse, the first one in more than two years, coinciding with the year’s biggest supermoon from Quezon City on Wednesday Read more »

PANOORIN: 'Super Flower Blood Moon' inabangan ng mga Pinoy

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Posted at May 26 08:43 PM

Dalawang astronomical phenomenon ang magkasabay na nagaganap ngayong Miyerkoles ng gabi: ang super moon at lunar eclipse.  Read more »

How to watch the upcoming 'Super Flower Blood Moon' eclipse

Lisa Shumaker, Reuters
Posted at May 25 07:27 PM

The full moon on Wednesday will be the year's biggest "supermoon" and feature the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years.   Read more »

Total lunar eclipse, super blood moon to grace skies Wednesday

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 05:17 PM

Skywatchers in the Philippines are in for a treat as a total lunar eclipse, a blood moon, and a super moon will rise on Wednesday, PAGASA said.   Read more »

'Supermoon' visible Tuesday, says PAGASA

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Updated as of Apr 27 03:03 PM

(UPDATE) A bigger and brighter moon will light up the sky on Tuesday evening, PAGASA said. Read more »

Comet 'most pristine' object from outer space seen in Solar System, say studies

Marlowe Hood and Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 06:01 AM

Pristine, in astronomical terms, describes a comet that has never passed close enough to a star to be transformed by its searing heat.   Read more »

A 'starter kit' for supermassive black holes?

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 12:53 PM

Scientists have reported the discovery of a rare, medium-sized black hole that may help answer one of the more tantalising questions in astronomy: how do their supermassive counterparts come into being?   Read more »

Images of 'cosmic web' reveal maze of dwarf galaxies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 09:23 AM

PARIS, France - Peering into the early Universe some 12 billion years ago, scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the "cosmic web," they said Thursday. Read more »

Scientists look beyond solar system for traces of life

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 03:13 AM

Searching for traces of life on Mars, like NASA is doing, is one thing. But scientists are also looking further afield.  Read more »

'Great Conjunction': Earthlings treated to rare alignment of Jupiter and Saturn

Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 12:08 PM

The evening sky over the Northern Hemisphere treated stargazers to a once-in-a-lifetime illusion on Monday as the solar system's 2 biggest planets appeared to meet in a celestial alignment that astronomers call the "Great Conjunction." Read more »

Great conjunction ng Jupiter, Saturn nasilayan

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Posted at Dec 21 08:08 PM

Nasilayan ang tinatawag na great conjunction o mistulang paglapit sa isa't isa ng mga planetang Jupiter at Saturn.    Read more »

PAGASA: Closest alignment of Jupiter, Saturn visible on Dec. 21

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 06:01 PM

PAGASA’s astronomical publication unit chief Jose Mendoza IV said the best time to witness the astronomical event would be after sunset.    Read more »

Jupiter and Saturn head for closest visible alignment in 800 years

Michael Levenson, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 12 05:34 PM

For months, Saturn and Jupiter have appeared to be courting, as the giant celestial bodies have gradually drawn nearer in the night sky.   Read more »

Partial penumbral lunar eclipse to be observed in PH

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Posted at Nov 29 12:33 PM

A partial penumbral lunar eclipse will be observed in the Philippines between Monday afternoon and evening, PAGASA said.   Read more »

TINGNAN: Bulalakaw sa kasagsagan ng Leonids meteor shower sa Nueva Ecija

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 05:31 PM

Nakuhanan ng retrato ng psychology student na si Paul Jacalan ang isang bulalakaw bandang 3:47 ng umaga ngayong Miyerkoles sa Nueva Ecija. Read more »

Telescopes capture supermassive black hole devouring star

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 11:09 PM

Astronomers have captured the moment a supermassive black hole shredded a star the size of our Sun, releasing images Monday showing the devastating process in unprecedented detail. Read more »

At the edge of time, a litter of galactic puppies

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 05 07:08 AM

Astronomers announced on Thursday that they had discovered a giant black hole surrounded by a litter of young protogalaxies that date to the early universe — the beginning of time. Read more »