Space

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative - opinion

Trump's executive order underscores that space is no longer a peripheral arena; it is a central pillar of national power

A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 1, 2025.
NASA ASTRONAUT Garrett Reisman with one of the two winning classes at the Ramon Foundation Space Week event — a SpaceINT program class from David Tuviyahu Comprehensive School in Be’er Sheva.

Ramon Foundation hosts children’s event marking Space Week

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

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

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


Asteroid the size of 59 Avi Loebs to pass Earth on Wednesday, Aug. 27 - NASA

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astrophysicist, kindly provided his measurements for use in this article during an interview with The Jerusalem Post.

An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

NASA finds new tiny moon around Uranus, raising total to 29

The 10-kilometer-wide body orbits 56,000 kilometers from uranus's center between ophelia and bianca and awaits an IAU-approved name.

NASA finds new tiny moon around Uranus, raising total to 29.

A cosmic murder mystery: Scientists spot supernova of star violently stripped to the bone

Israeli and American scientists have uncovered a never-before-seen type of supernova, shedding light on how stars produce and expel heavy elements like silicon and sulfur during their violent deaths.

Artist’s drawing of SN 2021yfj. Having lost its outer layers, the dying star was left with only a core of oxygen, sulfur and silicon (bright center dot) but continued to experience extreme mass loss episodes that led to the ejection of material rich in silicon (gray), sulfur, and argon.

Asteroid the size of 3 T. rex dinosaurs to pass Earth Sunday - NASA

Asteroid 2025 PM is around the size of three Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs. The asteroid won't hit the Earth, according to NASA calculations, and even if it did... life finds a way.

An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

Israel's Dror-1 satellite reaches orbit 36,000 km. above Earth, begins mission

The satellite’s first orbiting of Earth will take only 30 hours. After that, it will slow down and orbit Earth five times over a period of two weeks.

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.

Beijing tests lunar lander tasked with putting first Chinese on the moon

The lunar lander will be used to transport astronauts between the lunar orbit and the moon's surface, as well as serving as a living space, power source, and data center.

 A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang'e-6 probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024

Israeli hospital to join NASA, SpaceX mission to study microgravity’s effects on diseases

For this experiment, Sheba will partner with the US firm SpaceTango to grow several bacterial species aboard the ISS using a specially designed Earth-controlled system.

 Astronauts are seen inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months after the capsule undocked from the ISS to begin a journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025.

At least six tiny moons are orbiting us right now — and no one noticed

A new study suggests that at least six "minimoons" – rock fragments ejected from the Moon – are orbiting Earth at any given moment.

The Earth and the Moon

Chunk of Mars sells for $5.3 million at New York auction

NWA 16788 was discovered in Niger in Novermber 2023 and is approximately 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars ever found on Earth, according to Sotheby’s. 

 The meteorite NWA 16788, the largest known piece of Mars on Earth, is displayed during the press preview of Sotheby’s Natural History auction in New York City, U.S., July 8, 2025.

The image that forced NASA to clarify: There are no trees on Mars

A single photo that resurfaced sparked an online storm: Dark streaks resembling trees on the surface of Mars turned out to be an extraordinary natural phenomenon.

Mars