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Parashat Pinchas: What Joshua learned from Moses about true leadership

We often encounter people who seem to be pursuing the very same path on which we hope to succeed, and naturally, we may sometimes fear that their success will diminish our own opportunities.

Shining: Moon rises behind the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
 The sun is seen as smoke rises from a wildfire burning during a heatwave, in Gohrischheide near Zeithain, Germany, July 3, 2025.

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

A woman sits on a swing and watches the sun set.

California startup pitches 50,000 space reflectors to extend daylight

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

Red Moon rising: Lunar eclipse graced Israel skies


Seasons bring about change in hormones, study reveals

The data had been pulled from millions of Israelis between the ages of 20 and 50, with the blood tests sorted by months.

A woman photographs the setting sun on the Spanish island of Ibiza August 29, 2001. Ibiza, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Spain, was hosting the all-night MTV Ibiza 2001 party at Privilege disco which claims to be the largest in the world.

If life exists on other worlds, would they even be able to see us?

"Only a very small fraction of exoplanets will just happen to be randomly aligned with our line of sight so we can see them transit," one of the researchers said.

NGC 4866, a lenticular galaxy, is shown in this NASA handout provided on July 19, 2013. Situated about 80 million light-years from earth, this image was captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys, an instrument on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Solar system's heliosphere may be croissant-shaped - study

These findings could have major implications on the search for habitable planets outside the solar system.

Bright nebula gas cloud in deep outer space

NASA and ESA set to launch Solar Orbiter on mission towards the sun

Normally, when scientists study the sun it rotates past them making it impossible to follow the desired area, however, 'SolO' will be able to hover over and follow one section of the sun.

A coronal mass ejection erupting on the Sun's surface