Science

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound

The impact will occur on the side of the Moon facing Earth and could raise a cloud of dust and rock fragments that may remain visible through sensitive telescopes for several minutes.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) launches from Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, 2026.
FILE PHOTO: A life-size replica of a woolly mammoth on display at the American Museum of Natural History's exhibition "The Secret World of Elephants" in Manhattan, New York City, US, November 8, 2023.

Prehistoric people in Eurasia, North America specifically hunted female mammoths, new study shows

Two 'Likweli' monkeys of a newly-identified species of Colobus monkey, discovered in Lomami National Park, sit on a tree branch, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in this undated handout image.

New monkey species, orange-lipped Likweli monkey, known as 'branch shaker,' identified in DRC

A Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree stump in Stanley Park on August 4, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.

To save one endangered owl species, scientists back waging war on another


Israeli scientist makes ‘Nature’ journal’s top ten list of shapers of science in 2025

‘Peptide detective’ Weizmann immunologist Prof. Yifat Merbl was recognized for a new hidden immune mechanism.

PROF. YIFAT MERBL. Just last year, she received the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research in the Promising Researcher category, which is given to scientists for groundbreaking or innovative research that has the potential to advance the health of mankind

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

Checkups following the surgery showed “normal healing” and the baby will continue to have follow-ups until her teeth come in, the hospital said.

An ultrasound image of a tumor seen on a fetus (illustrative)

Israeli AI, drone imagery revolutionizing mapping of archaeological sites

“Sites that appear on the surface as scattered stones suddenly become coherent, organized spaces, and it saves a lot of research time,” Dr. Yitzchak Jaffe said.

Drone imagery of an archaeological site.

Israeli, US scientists uncover viral switch that could help defeat antibiotic resistance

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed that bacteriophages use a small RNA molecule to hijack bacterial cells, a mechanism that had never been described before.

A microscope.

Advanced fusion control breakthrough brings clean, reliable energy closer to reality

Research done by nT-Tao and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev introduces a new “nonlinear controller” that keeps power flowing smoothly even as the plasma inside the reactor changes rapidly.

 Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California

MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro killed inside Brookline home

Nuno Loureiro, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was found shot multiple times at his Massachusetts home, with authorities saying the investigation is ongoing.

People passing through MIT's campus stop to take pictures of a replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer which was placed on top of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Great Dome by unknown pranksters, December 17, 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Study finds insect-borne bacteria turning harmless reed leafhopper into major agricultural pest

A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob crops of their value.

A Green Leaf-hopper, Cicadella viridis, resting on a plant stem.

How does CAR-T cancer treatment work? - explainer

A rigorous medical journey ends in a breakthrough, in the form of CAR-T therapy, achieving a rare, hard-won cancer-free result.

CAR-T causes less collateral damage to healthy cells than standard chemo.

Oldest-known fire-making found in Britain, pushing Neanderthal mastery back 415,000 years

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back the earliest fire-making," said archaeologist Nick Ashton.

Neanderthals ate maggots from rotting meat, new research finds. Illustration.

Driving innovation at the frontiers of genomic medicine

Rambam Health Care Campus to sponsor the Beutler Symposium.

AERIAL VIEW of the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. (Totem Imaging and Animation Ltd.)