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Shavuot 2026: The festival's Jewish mission to elevate the world

Judaism calls on people not to flee the physical world, but to elevate it through Torah and mitzvot.

Judaism seeks to bridge the divide between spiritual and physical.
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.

Israeli company wins space agency contract for next-generation satellite imaging

 An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

NASA tracks colossal asteroid on a close approach to Earth

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover is pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby April 6, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after historic crewed mission to the Moon


No Cosmic Grinch: Asteroid 2024 XN1 to pass safely by Earth on Christmas Eve

NASA is set to track a sizable near-Earth object, asteroid 2024 XN1, which is expected to pass relatively close to Earth on December 24.

 Asteroid Lutetia. Image by 2di7 & titanio44 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Flat Earth YouTuber admits mistake after trip to Antarctica

Campanella participated in "The Final Experiment," an expedition conceived by Will Duffy, a pastor from Colorado, aiming to end the long-standing disputes about the shape of the planet.

 Not a giant pizza: After going all the way to Antarctica, Flat Earth YouTube influencer admits mistake.

Are dark comets Earth's 'life delivery' couriers? We now know about 14 of them in the solar system

Dark comets resemble asteroids but speed up unexpectedly, suggesting they may fire jets of gas like comets.

 The 'dark side' of the comet.

Special delivery: New study suggests water came to early Earth via comets

A new study renews focus on the role of Jupiter-family comets in Earth's water history.

 How did Earth get its water? Illustration.

Human activity shifted Earth's axis by 80 centimeters, study finds

Water extraction caused an average annual drift of Earth's rotational pole by 4.63 cm, totaling 80 cm in less than two decades.

 Shifting Earth’s axis. Aerial photo of center pivot irrigations systems.

So soon? Bidding goodbye to our recently arrived mini moon

The smallish asteroid is expected to come back next year, and then take its leave for 30 more years.

 Saying goodbye to a mini moon.

Bigger than the dinosaur-killer, asteroid S2 smashed life on Earth into a higher gear

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

 en from a meteorite impact.

Researchers find strong evidence for “Snowball Earth” theory

Study “presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator” says lead author Liam Courtney-Davies.

 Snow in northeastern United States.

Rendezvous with a comet: 10 years to the historic Philae comet landing

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey, the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's lander Philae made space exploration history.

 Comet on 16 August.

Final supermoon of the year, the Beaver Moon, to appear on November 15

Supermoon will appear about 14% larger and up to 30% brighter than average as it comes within approximately 225,000 miles of Earth.

 The strawberry supermoon at sunset. June 2020, Spain.