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Record heatwave expected to hit Israel this weekend with potential 47°C in Sea of Galilee region

Extreme heat is forecast for the southern Golan Heights, the northern valleys, the Lower Galilee, the Kinneret Valley, the Dead Sea coast, the Jordan Valley, the Arava, the Judean Desert, and Negev.

Pigeons fly in front of the sun as it rises over Kuwait City on August 23, 2025.
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Selling light after dark: Satellite designed to reflect sunlight to Earth approved by FCC

Shining: Moon rises behind the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.

Parashat Pinchas: What Joshua learned from Moses about true leadership

 The sun is seen as smoke rises from a wildfire burning during a heatwave, in Gohrischheide near Zeithain, Germany, July 3, 2025.

Study suggests our Sun escaped the crowded galactic center for the Milky Way’s suburbs


Death by solar storm: NASA mission could save the internet from apocalypse

The mission was launched with the goal of preventing charged particles from disrupting internet signals on Earth.

 The Solar Probe Plus spacecraft with solar panels folded into the shadows of its protective shield, gathers data on its approach to the Sun

Summer's here: Learn about the sun's hidden dangers - and how to stay safe

Understand the risks of sun exposure and learn how to protect your skin effectively.


What advantages did curly hair give to our early human ancestors?

Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool and protected early humans from the sun’s radiative heat.

 Woman with long, curly, brown hair.

NASA might be able to use AI to predict dangerous solar storms

A solar storm occurs when material from solar wind reaches Earth's magnetic field - these are also called geomagnetic storms.

 A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

Israel rated best summer vacation destination worldwide

Israel topped the list with an overall highest score of 74 out of 100.

HUNDREDS OF tourists walk towards Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem

Rare hybrid annular-total solar eclipse coming Thursday

The 2023 eclipse season is set to being on April 20th, starting with the rare hybrid solar eclipse.

 Annular solar eclipse.

Israel Cancer Association issues sun warning ahead of summer

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can cause cancer if people do not take the necessary safety measures to protect themselves.

 Two children sit on the beach.

X-class solar flare bursts from the Sun - but Earth isn't at risk

This may sound very serious - but what is a X-class flare and what does it mean for us?

 Solar flares (illustrative).

Massive tentacle of plasma breaks off sun - report

The report stated that the entire detachment took approximately eight hours, and that video footage of the event later went viral on Twitter.

 Filament erupting during a solar flare, seen at EUV wavelengths that show both emission and absorption (Illustrative).

When is the next solar flare? Scientists may now know how to predict it - study

Researchers using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory may have found small flashes in the Sun's corona that could signal an impending solar flare.

 On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space (Illustrative for solar flares).