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ככה זה ייראה. הדמיית הכור הגרעיני של ארה"ב על הירח

US races Russia and China to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

NASA wants a working reactor near the moon's south pole by 2030, ahead of a Russian-Chinese project for 2036; nuclear power could sustain bases through 14-day nights, but experts warn a rocket failure could scatter radioactive material on Earth

Tzippy Shmilovitz, New York | 10.11.26

לוויין הריגול האמריקני מתקופת המלחמה הקרה, המכונה USA 32 (או "פארה 3"), שהתפרק לפתע ב-13 בספטמבר ויצר פיזור שברים במסלולו. מומחים עדיין אינם יודעים בוודאות מדוע הדבר קרה או כמה שברים נוצרו כתוצאה מכך

Cold War US spy satellite breaks apart in orbit, debris raises collision fears

USA 32, launched in 1988, suddenly fragmented 775 kilometers above Earth; investigators do not yet know why, while debris remains in a heavily used orbital region and renews concerns over the cascading collision scenario known as Kessler syndrome

Yogev Israeli | 09.29.26

שיגור טיסת הניסוי ה־14 של סטארשיפ למסלול סביב כדור הארץ

SpaceX’s Starship reaches Earth orbit for first time in historic test

Flight 14 overcame an engine shutdown before reaching stable orbit; SpaceX later shortened the mission to under two laps before a controlled Pacific return

Ettay Nevo | 09.28.26

הדמיה של פעילות געשית בחצי הכדור הדרומי של כוכב הלכת נוגה

Did Venus swallow its moon? New theory may explain the mystery

Venus' slow rotation and gravity may have caused a former moon to crash into the planet; if Venus once had a moon, the impact could have altered its spin, geology and climate — and perhaps affected whether it once supported life

Yogev Israeli | 09.26.26

Moonshot founders Shahar Bahiri, Hilla Haddad Chmelnik and Fred Simon

Israeli startup Moonshot Space aims to build a delivery system for orbit

Moonshot is developing an electromagnetic launcher to send smaller, frequent cargo shipments into space, betting that satellites, stations and future orbital data centers will need a reliable supply chain for fuel, materials and equipment

ynet Global | 09.24.26

US reveals it has deployed weapons in space | This is how China and Russia responded

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink says the Space Force has placed 'space control weapons' in orbit to deter rivals, prompting China and Russia to accuse Washington of fueling an arms race and call for space to remain weapon-free

ynet, news agencies | 09.16.26

The vest built to protect astronauts from space’s deadly radiation

A vest developed in Israel could help astronauts withstand one of deep space’s biggest threats; AstroRad has been shown to cut radiation exposure by more than 60%, offering a potential layer of protection for future missions to the Moon and Mars

ynet Global | 09.09.26

הדמיה של "כוכב חור שחור", נקודה אדומה בהירה במיוחד ביקום המוקדם שנראית כסוג חדש של עצם אסטרופיזיקלי. היא דומה לכוכב עצום, אך ייצור האנרגיה שלה קרוב יותר לזו שיכול לייצר חור שחור

James Webb discovers mysterious ‘black hole star’ from early universe

MoM-BH*-1, seen just 660 million years after the Big Bang, appears to be a dense hydrogen-helium envelope powered by a massive central black hole and may explain Webb’s mysterious ‘little red dots’

Yogev Israeli | 08.18.26

SpaceX completes successful Starship test as environmental battle intensifies

SpaceX is set to receive 3,000 dunams of nature reserve land, drawing protests from environmental groups; also: a distant moon discovery, satellites launched from a ship, a canceled lunar mission and new findings on muscle and bone loss in space

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science Education‏, Reuters | 07.25.26

Scientists detect atmosphere on rocky exoplanet that could support liquid water

Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around LHS 1140 b, the first rocky planet in a habitable zone with a directly identified atmosphere; Located 48 light-years away, the planet may have conditions suitable for liquid water and potentially life

ynet | 07.17.26

Israeli scientist’s discovery may solve a 50-year-old black hole mystery

Braude College of Engineering researcher offers a new explanation for the mysterious 'one-quarter' factor in black hole entropy; if confirmed, the findings could advance quantum gravity theory and deepen our understanding of the universe

ynet | 07.16.26

Wally Funk, aviation icon who broke barriers and chased space dreams, dies at 87

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to travel to space, has died at 87; One of the Mercury 13 female pilots denied a NASA astronaut role, Funk reached space in 2021 aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket

AP | 07.10.26

מיליוני גלקסיות בתמונה אחת. צילום של טלסקופ ורה רובין

World’s largest digital camera begins 10-year survey of the universe

Perched on a mountaintop in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will photograph the southern sky for a decade, mapping billions of stars and galaxies and searching for clues to dark matter and dark energy

Associated Press | 06.30.26

This week in space: Building satellites in Tel Aviv, Chinese rocket launch, Jupiter and the shock wave

Tel Aviv University has opened a new space engineering center; Blue Origin says it will resume New Glenn launches soon, despite the destruction of its launch pad in a rocket explosion; NASA’s Juno spacecraft is helping solve a cosmic mystery

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 06.24.26

Inside Starbase, Musk’s city for Mars that is shaking homes across South Texas

SpaceX’s rapid expansion has brought jobs, tourism and global attention to one of America’s poorest regions, but residents near Elon Musk’s company town say rocket launches are damaging homes, fueling lawsuits and deepening local divisions

Reuters, Yogev Israeli | 06.14.26

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