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

The ratio of a star’s age to its metal content ties it to a characteristic birthplace within the disk.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The sun is seen as smoke rises from a wildfire burning during a heatwave, in Gohrischheide near Zeithain, Germany, July 3, 2025.
A woman sits on a swing and watches the sun set.

California startup pitches 50,000 space reflectors to extend daylight

Backers say orbital reflectors could deliver round-the-clock clean power to the grid; critics call the plan 'for the dumbest reason ever'.

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The moon in eclipse rises over Jerusalem on September 7, 2025.

Red Moon rising: Lunar eclipse graced Israel skies

A total lunar eclipse was visible across Israel on Sunday night, turning the Moon red from 6:28 p.m. to 11:55 p.m. under clear skies.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
The spacecraft is on its way to crash into the asteroid’s moon

How the world won’t be destroyed: NASA found a solution to a worrying problem

NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, showing humanity can protect itself from cosmic disasters.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

WATCH: A partial solar eclipse has come to Israel

The eclipse started at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday but is set to peak at around 2:11 p.m. before ending around an hour later.  The next one is in 2027.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE
Israelis are seen looking at the partial solar eclipse in the sky above Givatayim with protective eyeware, on October 25, 2022.

Partial solar eclipse to be visible in Israel on Tuesday

The Moon will cover about 41-47% of the Sun for viewers in Israel during the eclipse. The next eclipse in Israel will be in 2027.

OCTOBER 24, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbi holds up a pair of special glasses as he views the last solar eclipse of the millennium August 11 in front of the Western Wall. August, 1999

Scientists study Earth's rotation changes through Byzantine eclipses

Total eclipses provide vital information regarding changes in Earth's rotation. Scientists were able to use records of Byzantine Empire-era eclipses to study data gaps from the 4th-7th centuries.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022BySARA WEINSTEIN
Solar Eclipse 2017 Captured from Union, Missouri

Could more of the Earth's surface be made habitable for humans? - study

According to a new study, it is possible that a change in Jupiter’s orbit could possibly make earth more hospitable than it is today. 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022BySARA WEINSTEIN
With Earth and Jupiter at the same scale, it is graphically apparent that many of the cloud features are as large as continents on the Earth. Prepared for NASA by Stephen Paul Meszaros.

A third of Russians believe Sun revolves around Earth - survey

One in five Russians believes that humans coexisted with dinosaurs.

AUGUST 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The solar system (Illustrative).

Exposure to the sun makes men hungrier than women - Israeli study

Tel Aviv University Research: Open your wallets! Men will be much hungrier than women when they expose themselves to the sun’s rays.

JULY 19, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A group of men and women together at the sunny beach. A new study suggests exposure to sunlight makes men hungrier, not women (Illustrative).

NASA launches sounding rockets to look for habitable planets

The space agency launched two missions to gather measurements of ultraviolet light in order to understand what makes a planet's atmosphere habitable.

JULY 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

Study of Asteroid Ryugu sheds new light on Solar System's formation

Researchers at Okayama University analyzed a sample from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Haybusa2 mission.

JUNE 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board the Hayabusa2 spacecraft

How to handle a pregnancy when it’s sizzling hot outside

Excessive humidity, insane temperatures, constant thirst and a big stomach? This is how to survive pregnancy when it’s sizzling outside.

MAY 21, 2022ByDANIEL SARANSKY/WALLA!
Pregnant woman (illustrative)

Scientists discover new solar waves that don't fit with current theories

The newly discovered waves move three times faster than current theories predict.

MARCH 27, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012