Space agencies will select a single project to fund with $200,000, which will focus on data received from the VENµS a satellite to 'expand scientific knowledge about Earth'

'The reaction was 'Holy Cow!'' says optical telescope element manager Lee Feinberg; telescope's unfurling will take several more months to complete

Carefully selected seeds to be grown on International Space Station, while thousands of students in Israel conduct parallel experiment as control

Researchers theorize mysterious object — located about 4,000 light-years from Earth and possessing an extremely strong magnetic field — could be the remnant of a collapsed star

Dr. Reut Sorek Abramovich says NASA discovery of signs of carbon in Red Planet rock samples requires 'thorough research in the field,' preferably by manned mission

Michael Kaplan, who shepherded the telescope through its planning stages before temporarily living in Israel, talks baby galaxies, space robots, the pitfalls of Israeli bravado

NASA's James Webb telescope launches on daring quest to behold the first stars and scour the universe for hints of life

James Webb Space Telescope will seek out the faint, twinkling light from the first stars and galaxies, providing a glimpse into cosmic creation

Device scheduled for launch on Saturday is seen as a successor to the 32-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, which gave mankind awe-inspiring images of the universe

Hazzaa al-Mansoori flew to the International Space Station with the national ensign a year before the Abraham Accords normalized relations between the UAE and Israel