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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
פאנק ובזוס
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
רגע פיצוץ המשגר בפלורידה
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
שיגור סטארשיפ
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
האסטרונאוטית בחפיפה
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
חברי צוות אראטמיס 2 במשימתם לירח
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
רגע פיצוץ המשגר בפלורידה
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
עיר החלל החדשה במצפה רמון
With NVIDIA-backed labs, Mitzpe Ramon is turning Israel’s Negev into a space-tech hub for Mars
Dr. Roy Naor and his Creation Space partners want to turn Mitzpe Ramon into Israel’s space city, with Nvidia-backed labs, control rooms and startups developing technology for Earth, the moon and Mars
Israel Wullman | 05.16.26
A fee of up to $200,000 per launch within a few years. Launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket this week
Cosmic catch-up: the biggest space stories of the week
An Israeli-German cloud-research satellite is set to launch next month; the US plans new fees for commercial space launches and reentries, researchers warn that hardy fungi could potentially contaminate Mars; this week in space
Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.07.26
מערכת CloudCT
Israeli-German CloudCT satellite to launch in June and map clouds for climate research
The 4-kilogram CloudCT satellite, built through an international project involving the Weizmann Institute, Technion and Germany’s Center for Telematics, will test AI-based cloud tomography technology ahead of a planned 10-satellite constellation
ynet | 05.01.26
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