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FOR THE ANCIENT Israelites, the sanctification of the new moon turned an otherwise dark day into a day of hope for the month and the light and blessing that could come along with it.

Moonlit hike in Israel's desert highlights spiritual connection to lunar cycles

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

The strawberry supermoon at sunset. June 2020, Spain.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Apollo 11 first moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, 1969 in magazine.

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev suggests some Apollo moon landing footage was filmed on earth

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Miranda (Uranus' moon).

Study reveals Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor subsurface ocean

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Innovation, Science, and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel is seen meeting with NASA officials in Houston, Texas.

Israel hopes to train first female astronaut with NASA, Gamliel says

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the IM-1 mission with the Nova-C moon lander built and owned by Intuitive Machines from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, February 15, 2024.

SpaceX set to launch billionaire's private crew on breakthrough spacewalk mission

By REUTERS

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Chinese scientists use lunar soil to produce water, state media reports

By REUTERS

Cuneiform tablets are displayed during an exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, February 3, 2015.

'A king will die, a nation will fall': Dark omens revealed from 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets

THE CLUCHEY FAMILY views the 'path of totality' in Millinocket, Maine on Monday, April 8, 2024.

2024 total solar eclipse: A remarkable alignment of celestial bodies

By JEREMY CLUCHEY

Solar Eclipse 2017 Captured from Union, Missouri

Total solar eclipse: What is it, where is it, and why is it dangerous to look at it?

A super moon is pictured at the beginning of a total lunar eclipse above Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on September 28, 2015.

Scientists find way to spot alien life in tiny ice grains from moons

ONE GIANT leap for Yiddishkeit: Rabbi Marsdechai Lunawitz is seen at the Chabad of the Moon. Rosh Chodesh celebrations to be held never.

Purim Shpiel: Chabad expands reach to the Moon

By Michael Universe

The Nova-C lunar lander designed by aerospace company Intuitive Machines is displayed at the company's headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., October 3, 2023.

US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft

By REUTERS

The Nova-C lunar lander designed by aerospace company Intuitive Machines is displayed at the company's headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., October 3, 2023.

Private US moon lander launched half century after last Apollo lunar mission

By REUTERS

Journalists look at a screen showing an image taken by LEV-2 on the moon, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s press conference on the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)’s moon landing mission, in Tokyo, Japan January 25, 2024.

Japan says SLIM spacecraft's 'pinpoint' moon landing is success

By REUTERS

‘LUNAR CONSIDERATIONS,’ 90x120 cm. acrylic and iridescent gold with coffee grounds, 2024.

Parashat Bo: The light of renewal

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission, that includes NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates' Sultan Al-Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, launches to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, March 2, 2023.

SpaceX Starship launch fails minutes after reaching space

By REUTERS

The blue moon as seen in the sky, August 30, 2023

Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age

By REUTERS