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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.

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

 A woman covered in clothing to protect herself from the sun

The sun protection obsession that ended with a fracture in bed

 CME Erupts on the Sun.

Britain prepares for hostile nations, actors to weaponize the sun - report


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.

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. 

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

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.

 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.

 A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

US Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent

The House of Representatives, which has held a committee hearing on the matter, must still pass the bill before it can go to President Joe Biden to sign.

A power-generating windmill turbine is pictured during sunset at a renewable energy park in Ecoust-Saint-Mein, France

NASA to chase asteroid with small solar sail probe in Artemis I mission

The NEA Scout will also be a technological demonstration of solar sails, which use sunlight as a means of propulsion.

 Artist's depiction of the NASA's NEA Scout using a solar sail to approach asteroid 2020 GE after being launched during the Artemis I mission.