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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

How do astronauts wash their hair in space? Viral video shows the answer

French astronaut Sophie Adenot shows how a simple daily task becomes a careful zero-gravity routine aboard the International Space Station, from water droplets and special shampoo to towels whose moisture is recycled into drinking water

Meshi Ayad | 06.09.26

תמונה מורכבת של מרכז שביל החלב, המשלבת נתוני רדיו מ-ALMA ונתוני קרני רנטגן מטלסקופ החלל צ'נדרה

50-year mystery solved: Scientists confirm powerful wind blowing from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Radio observations revealed a giant cone-shaped cavity at the center of the Milky Way, providing the clearest evidence yet of an energetic wind from Sagittarius A* and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the galaxy's hidden heart

Yogev Israeli | 06.07.26

Isolation, tensions and division: how extreme conditions affect space crews

How can teams function after months in isolation? An Antarctica study finds extreme environments can fuel loneliness, conflict, mistrust, social divides and poorer performance, with key lessons for future space missions

Yogev Israeli | 06.01.26

The full moon rises behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany

Rare blue micromoon to light up sky this weekend, won’t return until 2028

It will appear slightly smaller and dimmer than usual and will pass near a bright red star, briefly blocking it in some regions

AP | 05.29.26

Bezos’ Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes in Florida test | Watch

During an early-morning test in Florida, Blue Origin’s giant launcher exploded on the pad; Bezos vowed to rebuild and fly again, while Musk also weighed in

Reuters | 05.29.26

Space communism: China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2035 moon base

One astronaut will remain aboard Tiangong for a year, China’s longest space mission yet, as Beijing studies long-term human survival in orbit and races the US toward a crewed moon landing

Reuters | 05.24.26

Back on track after a previous failure, and carrying a large payload. The Zhuque-2E rocket launches from Dongfeng this week

Israeli experiments and Starship’s return: this week in space

SpacePharma and Israeli student experiments are aboard the ISS, Israel and South Sudan cooperate on space science, Starship returns upgraded and China keeps racing ahead

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.20.26

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