Dr. Hannah Faye V. Pagayunan

27/11/2025

Portrait of NGC 1055 (APOD: 2025 Nov 27)
Image Credit & Copyright: John Hayes
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Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1055 is a dominant member of a small galaxy group a mere 60 million light-years away toward the aquatically intimidating constellation Cetus. Seen edge-on, the island universe spans over 100,000 light-years, a little larger than our own Milky Way galaxy. The colorful, spiky stars decorating this cosmic portrait of NGC 1055 are in the foreground, well within the Milky Way. But telltale pinkish star forming regions and young blue star clusters are scattered through winding dust lanes along the distant galaxy's thin disk. With a smattering of even more distant background galaxies, the deep image also reveals a boxy halo that extends far above and below the central bulge and disk of NGC 1055. The halo itself is laced with faint, narrow structures, and could represent the mixed and spread out debris from a satellite galaxy disrupted by the larger spiral some 10 billion years ago.

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27/11/2025

Take regular breaks from digital devices 📲💻 to avoid eye strain and dry eyes 👀

27/11/2025

Declining motivation is usually the main reason that people quit an exercise program. There are many actions that can help people stay focused, such as enlisting a workout buddy, adopting specific ...

27/11/2025

Findings in mice hint at a way to promote weight loss by increasing heat generation in brown fat cells.

27/11/2025

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28/10/2025

Two Tails of Comet Lemmon (APOD: 2025 Oct 27)
Image Credit: Massimo Penna

Explanation: How many bright tails does Comet Lemmon have? Two. In the featured image it appears to have three, but why? The reason is that the zigzagging brown filament is a persistent meteor train that by luck appeared in front of the distant comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). A meteor train is the hot gas and fine dust that remains in the Earth's atmosphere and disperses in the seconds after a bright meteor flashes by. The two bright tails are the blue ion tail stretching across the image, and the white dust tail nearer the green coma on the upper left. All real comet tails originate from the nucleus of the comet inside the coma. The image was captured a few days ago from Manciano, Italy. This week, from mid-northern locations, Comet Lemmon will remain faintly visible in the northwest sky after sunset.

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28/10/2025

✨Mga Idol sa Kalsada,🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ ang buwan ng Mayo ay Road Safety Month!

Ang isang ligtas na kalsada ay nagsisimula sa akin.🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

Be a Champion for Road Safety!

Walk, Bike, and Ride for Road Safety para sa isang Bagong Pilipinas.

28/10/2025

Taking care of our health and well-being isn’t a luxury; it’s essential.

Here are some steps towards a healthier lifestyle:
🔵Regular physical activity
🔵Eating a healthier diet
🔵Looking after our mental health
🔵Limiting alcohol intake
🔵Ceasing to***co use

28/10/2025

Researchers saw the greatest benefit for those who have the highest predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease.

09/10/2025

NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula (APOD: 2025 Oct 08)
Images Credit & Copyright: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat

Explanation: What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas. Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region spans about 100 light years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.

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