Space

From Iron Dome to the final frontier: Hilla Haddad Chmelnik on Israel's defense legacy and the race

Moonshot Space CEO Hilla Haddad Chmelnik wants Israel to become the “FedEx to space” using kinetic launch technology.

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023.
Damage at the site of a launchpad after an uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, May 29, 2026.

Blue Origin launch pad repairs could take 'serious time', NASA chief says - report

 (ILLUSTRATIVE) Taurid meteor shower, Joshua Tree, CA. Image by channone is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Meteor fireball triggered loud boom across New England, NASA confirms

Blue Origin New Glenn explodes at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on May 29, 2026.

Blue Origin faces months of delays after rocket explosion damages launch pad, experts say


Countdown to a lunar comeback: NASA readies astronauts for Moon journey

Christina Koch is expected to become the first woman to fly around the moon.

General view of the moon on March 30, 2026

NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century

The mission is the first crewed test flight in NASA's Artemis program, the flagship US effort to begin regular flights to the moon, at an estimated cost of at least $93 billion since 2012.

The sun is captured over Earth's horizon by a crew member aboard the International Space Station in this May 21, 2013 photo courtesy of NASA.

Odd ‘tentacled’ shape on ISS alarms viewers

The photo prompted a rush of reactions from social media users.

A tentacled look in space.

NASA charts course to a permanent lunar outpost and a nuclear‑propelled Mars vehicle

The updated exploration plan details surface habitat concepts, cargo and power infrastructure, and a nuclear thermal propulsion pathfinder for crewed deep-space transit.

Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.

Nvidia unveils new hardware in push for data centers in space

Nvidia’s approach emphasizes that satellites can filter and process imagery, track weather systems, monitor infrastructure, and detect anomalies without waiting for instructions from Earth.

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA.

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.

 The sun is seen as smoke rises from a wildfire burning during a heatwave, in Gohrischheide near Zeithain, Germany, July 3, 2025.

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'.

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

Israel’s role in lunar infrastructure could define future space power - opinion

The moon will become an extension of Earth’s economic and security architecture

The surface of the moon.

Purim Shpiel: Chabad reveals decades-old human-alien shidduch service

Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!

‘Shadchan’ questions include: Do you prefer gray or green-skinned beings?

NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing

Planned for 2027, the new mission comes as the US aims to establish regular lunar missions, a long-awaited follow-up to its first moon missions in the Apollo program, which ended in 1972.

The countdown clock for the launch of NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is seen near the massive Vehicle Assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 20, 2026.