Science

EU science festival visits Israel

The European Researchers’ Night 2025 will be running across Europe on September 26, but is being held in Israel a week early.

Chilren are seen learning science at the 2024 European Researchers’ Night in Israel.
Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel and Hungary’s National Economy Minister, Márton Nagy, signing an agreement to further cooperation in the field of space, September 16, 2025.

Israel, Hungary sign agreement to further cooperation in space-related fields

Ofek 19 satellite being launched into space

Ofek 19 satellite passes the test: First successful images received

A jackal is seen at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2022

Israeli study: Movement of wild animals can help us predict next pandemic


Life on Mars? NASA rover finds potential sign of ancient alien life in Martian rocks

The discovery in Jezero Crater represents one of the best pieces of evidence to date about the possibility that Earth's planetary neighbor once harbored life.

A reddish rock nicknamed "Cheyava Falls", with features resembling leopard spots was discovered by NASA's Perseverance rover in Mars’ Jezero Crater in July 2024, in this handout photograph released on September 10, 2025

Israel’s next strategic bet is Deep Tech, not just AI

Deep Tech creates technologies that form the backbone of national defense and industrial sovereignty

 Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022.

If Israel has excellent scientists, why does it have failing politicians? - opinion

It’s time for that same spirit of excellence to be applied here on earth by building a government that serves its citizens with the same skill, dedication, and foresight as our scientists.

Ofek 19 satellite launched by Israel.

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.

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.

Defense Ministry signs $115 Million contract with SCD for advanced infrared sensors

The expanded infrastructure will enable production of IR solutions for high-end applications, including area dominance, airborne payloads, space systems, and large-scale defense platforms.

SCD workers manufacturing infrastructure to support developing and producing next-generation infrared sensors, September 1, 2025.

Does a common heart attack pill help everyone? Studies disagree

Two sharply contradictory reports were presented on Saturday at a large cardiology meeting in Madrid.

 Illustrative photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging

World's first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo

Eduardo Ramos, who began breeding in the 70s, said that breeders had also been skeptical at first of other advances in biotech, such as embryo transplants and cloning.

A cloned newborn horse stands next to its surrogate mother in an enclosure at a horse birthing hospital, in San Antonio de Areco, near Buenos Aires, Argentina July 29, 2025.

'Where Did We Come From?': Challenging the classic Darwinian approach - review

'Where Did We Come From? The Origin and Evolution of Life' by Prof. Eugene Rosenberg and Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg begins with a detailed look at religious narratives of the origin of life.

A STAR resides near the edge of a supernova remnant 15,000 light-years from Earth, that cycles in radio wave intensity every 44 minutes, placing it in the category of celestial objects called long-period radio transients, in this image released May 28.

Israel's Amnon Shashua named one of Time's top AI influencers of 2025

While Mobileye's technology does utilize artificial intelligence, Amnon Shashua has also become an active player in the AI field through his other ventures. 

 AMNON SHASHUA: You can look at AI in two ways: The negative way is that it will replace some jobs. The positive way: It will make our life more interesting regarding what we do.

Two evolutionary changes underpinning human bipedalism are discovered

Scientists have now identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the human evolutionary lineage that helped facilitate this defining characteristic.

 Illustrative depiction of the Australopithecus Afarensis