Space

Asteroid to fly within 176 Bulgarias of Earth on Monday, May 18 - NASA

The asteroid's expected distance from the Earth is several times greater than that of Bulgaria – a country that, in no way coincidentally, just won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.

An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.

Israeli company wins space agency contract for next-generation satellite imaging

US President Donald Trump gives a speech during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn on day two of the State Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States of America, on April 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump releases previously classified UFO files

An artist's concept of a dwarf planet.

Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches


Absolutely stellar race: Scientists uncover secrets of some of the cosmos's fastest stars - study

The white dwarfs reach speeds of almost 4x needed to escape the Milky Way’s gravitational pull.

Illustration showing the remnant of a star being ejected at tremendous speed into space from the site of a supernova explosion caused by the interaction between a pair of white dwarfs.

WATCH: Israel launches satellite, sparks panic with civilians thinking it was an enemy missile

The unannounced launch of Ofek 19's satellite sparked panic in some areas of the country, where civilians thought a missile was being launched without proper alerts being deployed.

The satellite Ofek 19 unannounced launch sparked panick in some areas of the country.

A new guest in the cosmic neighborhood: The possible extraterrestrial origins of 3I/ATLAS

Is 3I/ATLAS an alien space probe? An irregular comet? Debate rages around status of 3rd interstellar object ever spotted. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses implications with ‘Magazine.'

This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera, July 21, 2025.

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.

The spacecraft is on its way to crash into the asteroid’s moon

Elbit's JUPITER space camera launches with SpaceX Falcon 9 for high-resolution Earth observations

Elbit added that the camera can be integrated with both onboard systems and ground station analytics platforms, including compatibility with advanced image processing and AI engines. 

Elbit Systems' JUPITER space camera launches aboard the NAOS Satellite  aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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.