Space

Israel can maintain military edge by expanding into space, sources tell 'Post'

With only seven countries deeply involved in developing space capabilities, Israel now has a larger qualitative advantage in that arena than in others where it once had an advantage.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.
Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.

NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway

NASA approaches the next phase of its deep space return program. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and will serve as a critical test for new technologies.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Illustrative image of a UFO

British intelligence agency investigated UFOs, secret documents show

“Logic would indicate that if significant numbers are reporting seeing strange objects in the sky then there may be a basis in fact,” a 1997 Defense Intelligence Staff memo said.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838.

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.

|ByREUTERS

Katy Perry to star in Blue Origin's historic all-women space voyage

"The NS-31 mission is historic as it marks the first crewed space mission composed entirely of women since Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963."

MARCH 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Katy Perry to star in Blue Origin's historic all-women space voyage.

Astronomers see lower risk of newly found asteroid hitting Earth

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is orbiting on a path that will bring it close to Earth in 2032, with scientists previously calculating impact probability at around 3%.

FEBRUARY 28, 2025ByREUTERS
Asteroid 2024 YR4's impact risk increases to 3.1%, highest ever recorded. Illustration.

New information regarded as strong evidence Mars had ‘vacation beaches’

New research provides the clearest evidence yet that Mars once contained a significant body of water and a more habitable environment for life.

FEBRUARY 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New information regarded as strong evidence Mars had ‘vacation beaches’. Illustration.

Evidence of beaches from ancient Martian ocean detected by Chinese rover

The findings are the latest evidence indicating the existence of this hypothesized ocean, called Deuteronilus, roughly 3.5 to 4 billion years ago on Mars.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByREUTERS
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of “Marker Band Valley” at two times of day on April 8. Color was added to a combination of both panoramas for an artistic interpretation of the scene.

Scientists find Earth's inner core's rotation may slow and change direction by 2040

Researchers suggest that changes in inner core's rotation may impact its magnetic field.

FEBRUARY 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Scientists find Earth's inner core's rotation may slow and change direction by 2040. Illustration.

NASA's Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other galaxies.

FEBRUARY 18, 2025ByREUTERS
An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*

‘Consider again that dot’: How NASA's Voyager and Carl Sagan showed us Earth like never before

On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An updated version of the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” image.

Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on mars

The clouds, composed of carbon dioxide ice crystals, glow in shades of red, green, and pearlescent hues in the martian twilight.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on Mars.

Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not

The new theory was devised by a team of two geobiologists and two astronomers.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByREUTERS
Earth cross section in space view. Illustration.

'We cannot ignore this rock': ESA raises doubles estimated risk of impact of asteroid 2024 YR4

The asteroid has been given a rating of 3 out of 10, indicating a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers."

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Asteroid Lutetia and Saturn. At a distance of 36000 km the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) took this image catching the planet Saturn in the background.