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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.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
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

NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, showing humanity can protect itself from cosmic disasters.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
A woman covered in clothing to protect herself from the sun

The sun protection obsession that ended with a fracture in bed

Due to a fear of tanning, she avoided daylight for years – until one night, a bone in her body simply broke. Doctors warn: The obsession with pale skin may come at a heavy health cost.

|ByWALLA!
CME Erupts on the Sun.

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

The UK is reportedly interested in a risk assessment of technology which could reflect sunlight away from the Earth, and its potential to manufacture an environmental disaster.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rare hybrid annular-total solar eclipse coming Thursday

The 2023 eclipse season is set to being on April 20th, starting with the rare hybrid solar eclipse.

APRIL 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Annular solar eclipse.

Israel Cancer Association issues sun warning ahead of summer

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can cause cancer if people do not take the necessary safety measures to protect themselves.

APRIL 4, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Two children sit on the beach.

X-class solar flare bursts from the Sun - but Earth isn't at risk

This may sound very serious - but what is a X-class flare and what does it mean for us?

APRIL 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Solar flares (illustrative).

Massive tentacle of plasma breaks off sun - report

The report stated that the entire detachment took approximately eight hours, and that video footage of the event later went viral on Twitter.

FEBRUARY 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Filament erupting during a solar flare, seen at EUV wavelengths that show both emission and absorption (Illustrative).

When is the next solar flare? Scientists may now know how to predict it - study

Researchers using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory may have found small flashes in the Sun's corona that could signal an impending solar flare.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space (Illustrative for solar flares).

Aztecs at Basin of Mexico kept accurate calendar using sunrise and mountains

Archaeologists have found a long straight stone on Mount Tlaloc in the Basic of Mexico which aligns with the sun as it rises on February 23 or 24.

JANUARY 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An archeologist cleans a ritual Aztec offering holding a large deposit of precious green stone fragments, the first of its kind ever found and likely from a lapidary workshop, discovered recently in circular pit just off the steps of the Templo Mayor, the Aztec empire’s most sacred temple

'Hot Jupiter' alien planet spiraling to its doom around aging star - study

The discovery will serve as a "celestial laboratory for years to come" and will help astronomers better understand tidal dynamics.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An artist's concept of the Kepler-1658 system. Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by Kepler.

‘Smiling Sun’ photo captured by NASA observatory

The tweet, which was widely circulated and has nearly 20,000 likes, led to an outpour of memes and jokes regarding the incredible photo.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captires an image of the sun seemingly "smiling."

WATCH: A partial solar eclipse has come to Israel

The eclipse started at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday but is set to peak at around 2:11 p.m. before ending around an hour later.  The next one is in 2027.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE
Israelis are seen looking at the partial solar eclipse in the sky above Givatayim with protective eyeware, on October 25, 2022.

Partial solar eclipse to be visible in Israel on Tuesday

The Moon will cover about 41-47% of the Sun for viewers in Israel during the eclipse. The next eclipse in Israel will be in 2027.

OCTOBER 24, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbi holds up a pair of special glasses as he views the last solar eclipse of the millennium August 11 in front of the Western Wall. August, 1999