Astronomy
The Perseid meteor shower is back: All the best places to watch shooting stars in Israel
One of the most impressive celestial shows of the year reaches its peak on August 12. But here’s a tip: Shooting stars can also be seen in the days before and after the peak.
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
Total lunar eclipse to create 'Blood Moon' on March 14, 2025
The totality will last 65 minutes, with the best views in the Americas and Greenland.
How dust movement is helping us understand magnetic fields and planet formation - study
Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent study revealed.
The Bullseye Galaxy: Yale astronomers spot giant galaxy featuring nine concentric rings
The galaxy, officially named LEDA 1313424, lies approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.
Asteroid the size of 289 Squishmallows has 'very small' chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Using the ESA's measurement, asteroid 2024 YR4 may range anywhere from 200 to 500 Squishmallows, or roughly half of the size of the average child's collection.
Russian astronomers observe rare black plasma eruption on the Sun
The event, described by scientists as "very rare, beautiful, and even a bit strange," involved a cold prominence rich in neutral hydrogen that was released and scattered throughout the corona.
Planetary parade: Rare alignment of six planets to grace the night sky on January 21
Venus will outshine other planets, appearing brightest in the dusk sky.
The first planetarium in Arab society inaugurated in Baka al-Gharbiya
Inside the structure of an ancient water pool in the city of Baka al-Gharbiya, the first planetarium in Arab society was recently inaugurated, with an investment of approximately NIS 3.5 million.
Astronomers detect rare X-ray flares from black hole 1ES 1927+654 caused by a nearby white dwarf
The observations revealed features never before seen in real time around a supermassive black hole. Among them was the launch of a plasma jet moving at nearly one-third the speed of light.
„Tod eines Königs, Fall einer Nation“: 4.000 Jahre alte babylonische Tafeln enthüllen dunkle Omen
Insbesondere Mondfinsternisse galten als dunkle Omen, etwa für den Tod des Königs.
Astronomers capture first close-up image of star in a different galaxy
If WOH G64 was placed at the center of our Solar System, it would extend to the orbit of Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun.
