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The Barnard 68 nebula, located in the constellation Ophiuchus, approximately 400 light-years from Earth. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Dr. Shmuel Bialy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and his team measured the signals emitted from this nebula as a result of molecular hydrogen excitation by cosmic rays for the first time. (Courtesy/ European Southern Observatory)
February 6, 2026, 7:57 am
A star is born: Israeli team detects stellar-creation particles 400 light-years away
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’
By Diana Bletter
Weizmann Institute of Israel scientists, from left to right: Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam, Dr. Ofer Yaron, and Dr. Steve Schulze of Northwestern University. (Courtesy)
August 20, 2025, 11:22 pm
Team led by Israeli and American scientists discovers silicon and sulfur at supernova core
Weizmann Institute of Science and Northwestern University researchers say analysis of inner depths of star SN2021yfj confirms the theory that stars have heavier elements
By Diana Bletter
From left to right: Sara Faris, Yael Dgany, and Prof. Iair Arcavi of Tel Aviv University. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
July 21, 2025, 6:01 pm
In world breakthrough, scientists see star survive encounter with a black hole
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’
By Diana Bletter
Anat Hetz-Golan, left, manager of Solaris, and Dr. Marina Hetz, CEO of Space Valley, which built and operates the first and only national solar observatory, in the Druze village of Isfiya on Mount Carmel on February 24, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel
March 20, 2025, 7:33 am
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Avi Loeb at the Harvard College Observatory, March 1, 2022. (Courtesy of Leslie Kean)
August 9, 2022, 5:58 am
Israeli scientist proves his far-out theory on interstellar meteor is down to earth
Undeterred by naysayers or controversy, Prof. Avi Loeb stuck to his guns about a rare 2014 space rock — and his findings have finally been vindicated by the US government
By Rich Tenorio
Haim Berger, the wolfman and tour guide, in his Ramon Crater 'office' (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 13, 2013, 2:53 pm
For Israel’s Negev pioneers, a tough but fulfilling lifestyle
Conversations with several remarkable individuals about what it takes to live in the remote, spacious, silent south
By Jessica Steinberg
A view of the crater's ridge in Mizpe Ramon (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2013, 8:38 am
48 hours around Mitzpe Ramon
Craters and cheese, wine and the stars, all in the rejuvenating desert climes of the Negev Desert
By Jessica Steinberg
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