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Bucking boycotts, prizewinning Israeli astrophysicist finds ‘Zen-like’ perspective in space

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:05:27 +0000

Open University’s first Blavatnik Award laureate, Paz Beniamini, studies cosmic bursts and neutron stars; says science must 'be done on international level' regardless of politics

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Atmosphere spotted on celestial body in far reaches of solar system

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:11:16 +0000

Icy body, classified as trans-Neptunian object, is 500 km across, has atmosphere over 5 million times thinner than Earth's; astronomers mull better name than current (612533) 2002 XV93

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A star is born: Israeli team detects stellar-creation particles 400 light-years away

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:57:15 +0000

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers measure cosmic rays in far-off Barnard 68 nebula; study opens 'new field of astrophysics research'

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Astronomer Avi Loeb warns world not to ignore new comet’s potential alien threat

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:34:58 +0000

Israel-born Harvard scientist, no stranger to controversy, has asked Kim Kardashian to join his research team after the celeb got some answers about 3I/ATLAS from a recalcitrant NASA head

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Team led by Israeli and American scientists discovers silicon and sulfur at supernova core

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:22:33 +0000

Weizmann Institute of Science and Northwestern University researchers say analysis of inner depths of star SN2021yfj confirms the theory that stars have heavier elements

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In world breakthrough, scientists see star survive encounter with a black hole

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:01:58 +0000

Star AT 2022dbl wandered close to black hole but was only partially destroyed; Tel Aviv University researchers say discovery 'changes our conceptions of black holes'

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Astronomers say they’ve found strongest ever ‘hints’ of life beyond our solar system

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:20:24 +0000

British-US team detects 'biosignatures' on planet K2-18b, 124 lightyears from Earth, says it is 'closest we have come to seeing a feature that we can attribute to life'

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Skygazers across broad swath of Northern Hemisphere see partial solar eclipse

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 16:57:07 +0000

People in much of Europe and North America -- though not Israel -- get to watch a bite taken out of the sun as the moon crosses its path

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In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:33:40 +0000

Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community

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Study uses Egyptian mythology as blueprint for ancient heavens

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:31:20 +0000

Astrophysicist Or Gruar uses observatory simulators to map the galaxy onto sky-goddess Nut's body in potential Egyptology breakthrough

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Huge crowds await total solar eclipse in North America, but clouds may spoil view

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:51:52 +0000

The best weather is expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine; It will be another 21 years before the US sees another total solar eclipse on this scale

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Israeli scientists become first to chronicle earliest stages of supernova

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:10:58 +0000

Astronomers from Weizmann Institute observe a star in nearby galaxy Messier 101 explode and believe it left behind a new black hole

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Weizmann team says it can finally prove supernovae give birth to black holes

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:09:28 +0000

Researchers say dance between dead star and surviving companion in aftermath of explosive end, 75 million lightyears away, provides first direct evidence of elusive link

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Newly discovered comet set to pass by Earth, sun before departing for 400 years

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:26:11 +0000

Nishimura comet, named after amateur astronomer who discovered it in August, will be visible this week before dawn across Northern Hemisphere, including in Israel

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Rare blue supermoon dazzles stargazers around globe

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 06:24:48 +0000

Moon comes unusually close to Earth; is full for the second time in August, earning the celestial display the 'blue' moniker

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