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'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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Search for life on Venus could start with this private company

Jonathan O’Callaghan, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 16 06:51 AM

On Monday, scientists announced the astonishing discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. This chemical could have been produced by a biological source, but scientists won’t know for sure without sending a spacecraft to the planet.   Read more »

Life on Venus? Astronomers see a signal in Its clouds

Shannon Stirone, Kenneth Chang and Dennis Overbye, New York Times
Updated as of Sep 15 11:29 AM

High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be life. Read more »

Scientists find gas on Venus linked to life on Earth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:45 AM

PARIS - The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbor. Read more »

Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth, closest flyby on record: NASA

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 19 10:09 AM

WASHINGTON - An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday.   Read more »

Betelgeuse gone supernova? Maybe it just sneezed

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 19 09:34 AM

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most prominent stars in the winter sky, began dramatically and mysteriously dimming in the fall of 2019, dwindling to less than half its normal brightness. By February 2020, it was the faintest that it had been since measurements began more than 150 years ago.  Read more »

'Baby' Milky Way discovered 12 billion light years away

Laurence Coustal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 12:37 AM

A golden halo glinting 12 billion light years away is the farthest galaxy resembling our Milky Way yet spotted, astronomers said Wednesday. Read more »

As we look out for the NEOWISE comet, we recall the last time a comet appeared in our skies

ANCX
Posted at Jul 23 11:33 AM

It was 2007 and it was an innocent time. By JAM PASCUAL Read more »

Beyond the Milky Way, a galactic wall

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 21 06:54 AM

Astronomers have discovered that there is a vast wall across the southern border of the local cosmos.   Read more »

Closest pictures ever taken of sun show tiny campfire flares

Kenneth Chang, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 17 11:51 AM

The first images from a new solar mission — the closest ever taken of the sun — reveal a ubiquitous burbling of miniature solar flares. The discovery may provide clues for how turbulence heats the atmosphere of the sun and drives the ebb and flow of solar wind, the high-velocity charged particles throughout the solar system that buffet Earth and the other planets.   Read more »

Surviving core of ill-fated Jupiter-like planet spotted near distant star

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 05:19 AM

A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed, with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere.   Read more »

Subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa deemed potentially 'habitable'

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 06:40 AM

Scientists have figured out how the subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have been able to support microbial life in the past.   Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Annular solar eclipse captivates sky gazers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 11:18 AM

Millions around the world went out to witness another celestial treat with the first of the two annular solar eclipses this year.  Read more »