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


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

With only seven countries deeply involved in developing space capabilities, Israel now has a larger qualitative advantage in that arena than in others where it once had an advantage.

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

NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway

NASA approaches the next phase of its deep space return program. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and will serve as a critical test for new technologies.

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

British intelligence agency investigated UFOs, secret documents show

“Logic would indicate that if significant numbers are reporting seeing strange objects in the sky then there may be a basis in fact,” a 1997 Defense Intelligence Staff memo said.

Illustrative image of a UFO

Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave

In the shockwave, a red hue represented hydrogen, green represented nitrogen, and blue represented oxygen residing in interstellar space.

The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838.

NASA returns ISS crew early for first time in history, due to 'serious medical condition'

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told reporters that the decision was made to return the astronaut because the capability to diagnose and treat them properly is not available on the ISS.

ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUT Alexey Zubritskiy conducts a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), October 16, 2025.

Ukraine says Chinese satellites may be aiding Russian attacks

The US imposed sanctions on a Chinese company accused of providing satellite imagery of locations in Ukraine to Russia

The launch pad for the Long March-2F Y13 rocket is pictured behind Chinese characters reading "China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center" before its launch carrying the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft in China's second crewed mission to build its own space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China October 15,

Jupiter's moon Europa less likely to hold life than previously thought, scientists discover

After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to allow for tectonic and volcanic activity.

A VIEW of Jupiter's moon Europa created from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990's, according to NASA, obtained by Reuters May 14, 2018.

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

This comes after Starlink said in December that one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space, creating a "small" amount of debris and cutting off communications with the spacecraft.

SPACEX STARLINK 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020.

"Space is for everyone": Jeff Bezos' company makes history again | watch

Michaela Benthaus, a European Space Agency engineer in a wheelchair, became the first person with this disability in space: "I loved the view, microgravity, and the flight upwards."

Blue Origin’s Mission NS-37.

Israel launches national space lab to lower barriers for domestic satellite, space tech development

Backed by NIS 60 million, Israel’s new Access to Space lab will offer discounted launch, testing, and in‑orbit services to accelerate space innovation.

Satellite in Space.