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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

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File - this undated handout image provided on January 26, 2022 by astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) shows the Milky Way as viewed from Earth, with a star icon (at R-placed by source) marking the position of a mysterious repeating transient in space. (Natasha Hurley-Walker/AFP)
April 15, 2024, 12:31 pm
Study uses Egyptian mythology as blueprint for ancient heavens
Astrophysicist Or Gruar uses observatory simulators to map the galaxy onto sky-goddess Nut’s body in potential Egyptology breakthrough
By ToI Staff
An amateur astronomer prepares her telescope a day before a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
April 8, 2024, 8:51 am
Huge crowds await total solar eclipse in North America, but clouds may spoil view
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
By Marcia Dunn
A mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. (NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) - HubbleSite: gallery, release. Public domain)
March 27, 2024, 11:10 pm
Israeli scientists become first to chronicle earliest stages of supernova
Astronomers from Weizmann Institute observe a star in nearby galaxy Messier 101 explode and believe it left behind a new black hole
By Ari Rabinovitz
A supernova leaves behind a compact object in a binary system. (Courtesy: Weizmann/ESO)
January 10, 2024, 7:09 pm
Weizmann team says it can finally prove supernovae give birth to black holes
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
By ToI Staff
The comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura and its tail as seen from Manciano, Italy on September 5, 2023. (Gianluca Masi via AP)
September 11, 2023, 4:26 am
Newly discovered comet set to pass by Earth, sun before departing for 400 years
Nishimura comet, named after amateur astronomer who discovered it in August, will be visible this week before dawn across Northern Hemisphere, including in Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
A rare Blue Supermoon rises over Lake Michigan as spectators watch from Chicago's 31st Street beach August 30, 2023. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
August 31, 2023, 9:24 am
Rare blue supermoon dazzles stargazers around globe
Moon comes unusually close to Earth; is full for the second time in August, earning the celestial display the ‘blue’ moniker
By Marcia Dunn
A spherule believed to be from interstellar object IM1. (Medium/Avi Loeb. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2023, 12:48 pm
Researchers find first scraps of interstellar object that hit earth in 2014
Team lead by Israeli-American astronomer Avi Loeb is searching for remains of star-traveling IM1, which crashed into Pacific Ocean
By ToI Staff
Countless glowing galaxies of all shapes and sizes speckling the black backdrop of space. Toward the center left, a red dot, a never-before-seen galaxy discovered by Webb.(NASA/ESA/CSA/Tommaso Treu - UCLA)
November 18, 2022, 4:07 am
Webb telescope spies likely oldest galaxies ever found, upending cosmic timeline
Two super-bright galaxies from universe’s earliest years point to stars possibly being formed 100 million years before previously thought, though more data needed to verify claim
By Agencies
The enhanced Greek undertext uncovered hidden in a Syriac text of John Climacus’ “Ladder of Divine Ascent" from 600 CE appears in red below the Syriac overtext in black. (Courtesy Museum of the Bible Collection)
November 14, 2022, 10:04 am
Researchers find first-known map of the stars, hidden under old Syriac manuscript
Scholars at DC’s Museum of the Bible uncover part of Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost map of the stars, attesting to accuracy of his measurements from over 2,000 years ago
By ToI Staff
Illustrative -- Astronomers prepare their telescopes, Aug. 10, 1999 near Truro, England (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
October 15, 2022, 12:10 pm
Astronomers detect brightest light flash ever seen, probably from black hole’s birth
Scientists believe the burst of gamma-rays came from event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth; flash has impacted long-wave radio communications in Earth’s ionosphere
By Issam Ahmed
A sunspot captured by astrophotographer David 'Deddy' Dayag with his own adjusted home telescope. (Courtesy: David 'Deddy' Dayag)
October 10, 2022, 2:04 am
With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal
David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as if it were next door
By Jessica Steinberg
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
Illustrative: This image provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies captured by the Webb Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This mosaic was constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files, according to NASA. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via AP)
July 21, 2022, 8:35 am
Peering back in time, Webb telescope may have found most distant known galaxy
Images from orbiting system reveal indications of GLASS-z13, a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, just 300 million years after Big Bang
By Issam Ahmed
The new FAST telescope in China is the largest radio telescope ever built. (Video screenshot)
April 30, 2022, 7:41 am
Alien-hunting scientists controversially want to blast out Earth’s location
Stephen Hawking warned of danger of contacting aliens with superior tech, saying they could destroy humanity; others say advanced civilization would already know of our existence
By chris impey
Illustrative: A meteor streaks through the sky, near Madrid, Spain, August 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
April 17, 2022, 3:37 am
Israeli astronomer and partner identify first interstellar meteor to hit Earth
US Space Command confirms study by Avi Loeb and Amir Siraj, who picked up on 2014 space rock that hit near Papua New Guinea, but were initially dismissed
By Luke Tress
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