Astronomy
On Columbus Day, remember Abraham Zacuto, the Jewish astronomer history forgot - opinion
In 1935, the International Astronomical Union formally adopted the name Zagut for a lunar crater honoring Abraham ben Shmuel Zacuto. Modern astronomy has, literally, written his name on the Moon.
The Perseid meteor shower is back: All the best places to watch shooting stars in Israel
Researchers decode 200-year-old Red Sea navigational chart, revealing lost seafaring secrets
Selling light after dark: Satellite designed to reflect sunlight to Earth approved by FCC
Ancient structure near Stonehenge may have inspired its solstice alignment, archaeologists say
The site, believed to have likely served as a focus for religious gatherings, bears extensive evidence of feasting and large-scale gatherings.
Scientists identify nearby 'super-Earth' as promising candidate in search for alien life - study
NASA plans to launch the Habitable Worlds Observatory in the 2040s, a mission whose goal is “to image Earth-like planets around other sun-like stars,” according to NASA’s website.
Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches
Astronomers have identified another object from this realm, with a diameter of roughly 310 miles (500 km), that has an atmosphere - albeit a thin one.
TV murder series rekindles interest in the mysteries of the Nebra sky disc
The real story of its finding unfolded in the late 1990s on the forested crest of the Mittelberg in Saxony-Anhalt, where the object lay concealed for thousands of years.
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.
Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave
In the shockwave, a red hue represented hydrogen, green represented nitrogen, and blue represented oxygen residing in interstellar space.
NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars
The six-wheeled rover, exploring Mars since 2021 at a locale called Jezero Crater in its northern hemisphere, picked up these electrical discharges in audio and electromagnetic recordings.
NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS, rejects alien spacecraft 'rumors'
While the comet's precise point of origin remains unclear, the NASA scientists said they believe it hails from a solar system older than our own, which formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
Israeli scientists propose new way to ‘hear’ the universe’s dark matter
Dark matter is a type of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, making it invisible to telescopes.
QROCODILE bites into the mystery of dark matter
The researchers recorded a small number of unexplained signals suspected to be lightweight dark matter.
