September 10, 2025

A prototype Mars rover built by students at Tel Aviv University. Photo: Tel Aviv University

From Tel Aviv University to Mars

A group of students from the Fleischmann Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University initiated, designed, and built a space rover – as part of the TAUverIL project led by Prof. Yoram Reich and Danny Berko, with the aim of participating in an international competition in Poland.
Excavations at Toda Cave, 2019. Credit: Robert Spengler

9,200-year-old find challenges theories about the origins of agriculture

The Proba-3 satellite successfully photographed the sun's corona using an artificial solar eclipse. Photo: ESA

Two satellites created an artificial solar eclipse in space and studied the sun's corona

The system consists of two satellites that fly in precise coordination at a distance of about 150 meters from each other. One satellite, which is round in shape, hides the bright center of the sun, thereby casting a shadow on the other satellite, which is equipped with