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An amusing representation of the TOI-1136 system if each of the bodies in the system were a duck or a duckling. Credit: Rae Holcomb/University of California at Irvine

The evolution of planets is revealed in a distant solar system

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A newly discovered solar system with six confirmed extrasolar planets and a possible seventh increases astronomers' knowledge of star formation and evolution
the scarab Photo by Anastasia Shapiro, Israel Antiquities Authority

A hiker discovered an ancient and rare Assyrian seal amulet in the Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve in the Lower Galilee

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The amulet may testify to the presence of an Assyrian (or perhaps Babylonian) official in the place almost 2,800 years ago * The rare find was transferred to the state treasures and the traveler received a certificate of appreciation from the Antiquities Authority
Prof. Daniela Reva. Photo credit: Chen Galili, Technion Spokesperson

For the first time: a woman Dean at the head of the Faculty of Aeronautics and Space Engineering at the Technion

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Prof. Daniela Reva, a graduate of the faculty, took office on January 1, 2024
renewable energies. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Three Israeli studies to address the climate crisis won the KKL-Canada Annual Climate Prize in the amount of one million dollars

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The prize was awarded to Israeli scientists from Ben Gurion University, Tel Aviv and the Technion in order to promote their extraordinary research in the fields of renewable energy development and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
EU budget.

The Horizon Europe budget will be cut by 2.1 billion euros. 1.5 billion will be added to the security research

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Heads of state meeting in Brussels approved the changes on February 1 after Germany rejected the Commission's proposal to add 100 billion euros to the EU's multi-annual budget. The deal unleashes a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine
Recognition to Yitzchak Ben Israel for his many years of work Credit_Oz Schechter, L.A.M

Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel

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Prof. Ben Israel received a certificate of appreciation from the Israel Space Agency and the Ministry of Science. At the same time, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) announced that next year it will award the Distinguished Service Award to Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel, former Chairman of the Israel Space Agency, for his great contribution to astronautics and the promotion of the Federation
Photo: Oz Schechter, L.A.M

The space forum announced today will bring together those involved in the field from the government, industry and academia

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The Rakei mission and the Israel Space Agency at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology announced today for the first time the establishment of the Israel Space Forum
19 spiral galaxies imaged by the Webb Space Telescope. Courtesy of the European Space Agency and NASA

Web shows amazing structures in 19 nearby spiral galaxies

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These are relatively close galaxies that face the Earth. The research reveals new details about the way galaxies are formed
A robot implants a chip in a person. The image was prepared by DALEE artificial intelligence software after reading the article. It should not be seen as a scientific picture

Elon Musk's Neuralnik Implanted a Chip in a Man's Brain: Medical and Ethical Implications

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The chip should provide a variety of health and scientific benefits, including the ability to measure brain activity and give people with physical or mental disabilities new abilities. However, Musk's company and Musk in general have a problematic history
In this image, the complex dust lanes of the galaxy are a spectacular sight. NGC 4753 is about 60 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. Photo by ESO's Gemini South Telescope in Chile

Gemini South Observatory images NGC 4753's spiral dust disk, the result of a galaxy merger

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NGC 4753 was discovered in 1784 by astronomer William Herschel and has some fascinating features. In this image, the complex dust lanes of the galaxy are a spectacular sight. NGC 4753 is about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo
The actress Ariana de Bos in the movie ISS (from the promo released by the Bleecker Street company)

The International Space Station: how NASA plans to destroy it - and the dangers involved in the film and in reality

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On 19/1/2024, a film titled ISS was released in the US, which describes an international incident that takes place on the space station following a war between blocs. In reality, the astronauts and cosmonauts work together despite the conflict between Russia and the West, but the end of the station is already in sight
Galaxies that are pulled into a giant galaxy cluster. When entering the group, these galaxies show a blue shift compared to the central galaxy. Credit: Dr. Shihong Liu

"Challenges of the age of the universe: Galactic dance reveals that the universe may be younger than thought

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Motions of satellite galaxies around groups and clusters of giant galaxies could provide valuable insights into their evolution. The observations of such motion provide crucial clues about the age of the universe
A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Harvard University following the war. The world's academia is starting to interfere with the international ties of Israelis. Screenshot from an ABC article (fair use)

The international connections of the Israeli researchers have been damaged since October 7

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A survey conducted among more than a thousand members of senior academic staff at universities reveals that, following the war, international relations of the Israeli academy were severely damaged, and there is concern among many researchers about the termination of research funding and cancellation of collaborations
A dramatic scene in space with a black hole in the center. Around the black hole is a chaotic and dynamic environment, with bright stars. Prepared using artificial intelligence software for illustrative purposes and should not be considered a scientific image

Cracking the code: how intermediate-mass black holes form

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Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are a cosmic enigma, their very existence and mechanisms of formation shrouded in mystery
long image captionThis is part of the Evolution of the Universe Early Science Survey (CEERS), consisting of several near-infrared points from the NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) camera on the James Webb Space Telescope. These observations are being made in the same region studied by the Hubble Space Telescope, known as the Extended Groth Belt. Arrows showing the directions north and east show the direction of the image in the sky. It should be noted that the relationship between north and east in the sky (as seen from below) is reversed compared to the half directions on the map of the earth (as seen from above). The image shows invisible near-infrared wavelengths converted to visible colors. The color key shows which NIRCam filters were used to collect the light. The name color of each filter is the visible color that represents the infrared light passing through that filter. The barrel ruler is marked with arc-seconds which are a measure of angular distance in the sky. One arc-second is equal to an angular measurement of 1/3600 of one degree. There are 60 arc-minutes in a degree and 60 arc-seconds in an arc-minute. (The full moon has an angular diameter of about 30 arc-minutes.) The actual size of an object that covers one arc-second in the sky depends on its distance from the telescope. Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Steve Finkelstein (University of Texas at Austin)

The James Webb telescope reveals: galaxies in the early universe have a long and flat shape

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The first galaxies were much less developed than the spiral and spherical galaxies that exist today, which are actually the result of mergers, both because of the stage of development but also because of the conditions that prevailed at the time
Influenza vaccine in adults. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Oxford researchers: flu vaccine reduces by 50% the chance of adults going to intensive care as a result of complications

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People aged 65 and older who were vaccinated had a 41% lower risk of being hospitalized with the flu in general and among the severe patients - a 45% lower risk of going to intensive care
On-the-job competition between humans and artificial intelligence robots. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Replacement of the workplace by robots? At this stage, the artificial intelligence only helps efficiency

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New research reveals: specific work experience affects the effectiveness of using artificial intelligence in the workplace
An artist's impression of the Japanese SLIM spacecraft approaching the moon landing. Credit: JAXA

Japan makes history by landing on the moon

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However, the mission's lifetime will probably be much shorter than planned due to problems with the solar power generation
A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).

The Chinese supply spacecraft Tianzhou-7 has arrived at the Chinese space station Tiangong

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A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).
Refueling in space. Infographic courtesy of Astroscale

Astroscale signed a $25.5 million agreement with the US Space Force to design and supply a satellite for refueling military spaceships

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Astroscale's solution will help overcome the limitations that result from the fact that satellites are currently launched into space with a limited supply of fuel. "Our APS-R satellite opens the door to rethinking the way satellites are designed and operated, and it marks a significant leap forward in the capabilities and sustainability of satellites in orbit"
Dr. Ido Entavi, head of the master's degree program in systems engineering at Afka, the Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. Photo: David Perathi.

The Peregrine crash and the series of failures: Ido Entavi, former CEO of SPACEIL: a failure in the systemic planning

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Entavi, currently head of the systems engineering program at Afka College, Entavi emphasizes the importance of systemic planning in complex projects. He also told about the meeting that made Berashit the prototype of the moon landings in NASA's tenders
A rare coin from the Judean Mountains. Photo by Emil Eldjem, Antiquities Authority

A rare and important silver coin, about 2,500 years old, was discovered in the Judean Mountains

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The coin, which is one of the earliest evidences in Israel of the transition to the use of coins, was discovered in an excavation by the Antiquities Authority funded by Israel Routes.
A virtual twin of an airplane. Dassault Systems PR photo

The fighter jets ascend to the cloud

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Dassault Aviation will use Dassault Systèmes' collaboration and data science capabilities based on a sovereign cloud on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to optimize the availability of its military aircraft fleet for the French Ministry of Defense. The data management will be done in the virtual twin of each and every plane
This is what the Peregrine spacecraft looked like during its exit from the upper stage of the launcher. Photo: Astrobotic

Hot end for Peregrine lander: Burn up in atmosphere on Thursday, 19/1/24

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The spacecraft failed to reach lunar orbit due to a fuel leak that was discovered immediately upon its ejection from the upper stage of the launcher. Now NASA is helping Astrobotics investigate the malfunction
This image from Webb's MIRI (mid-infrared) camera shows the star system Beta Pictoris. A flat disk of dust fragments, formed by collisions between planetesimals (orange), dominates the landscape and is called the "main disk plane". In the lower left corner, Webb showed the true extent of the secondary disk (cyan (turquoise), which is inclined 5 degrees relative to the primary disk. Webb also discovered a previously unseen feature called the "cat's tail." A coronagraph (a black circle and two small disks) was used to block The light of the central star. Scale bar shows that the disks of Beta Peak (pictoris) span hundreds of astronomical units (AU), where one AU is the average distance from Earth to the Sun. (In our solar system, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30 AU) in this image , light at a wavelength of 15.5 microns is shown in cyan (turquoise) and 23 microns in orange (F1550C and F2300C filters, respectively). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI, C. STARK and K. LAWSON (NASA GSFC), J. KAMMERER (ESO), and M. PERRIN (STSCI).

The Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'cat's tail' made of dust in the Beta Pictoris system

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Beta Pictoris is a solar system in the making and relatively close so that the gas disks can be seen. It turns out that Webb was able to discover a structure that was not noticed in photographs with less sensitive instruments, thus he discovered a disk of gas tilted from our main disk and because of our vantage point it looks like a cat's tail
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