Astrophysics

Xenon experiment

XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment Launched

12.11.2015

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Weizmann scientists participate in search for elusive particles

Dr. Boaz Katz

Dr. Boaz Katz: A New Model for Stellar Explosions

22.10.2015

Could many supernovae be the result of high-speed, head-on collisions?

Supernova 3C58, first observed in the year 1181 AD by Chinese and Japanese astronomers, imaged by the Chandra telescope in X-ray emissions. NASA/CXC/SAO

Seeing a Supernova in a New Light

29.06.2015

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Ultraviolet observations may shed new light on exploding stars

Illustration of Saturn

A Short Day on Saturn

26.03.2015

Astrophysics, Planetary Science

A new mathematical formula can reveal how fast a planet is rotating

A small black hole gains mass: Dense cold gas (green) flows toward the center of a stellar cluster (red cross in blue circle) with stars (yellow); the erratic path of the black hole through the gas (black line) is randomized by the surrounding stars

All-You-Can-Eat at the End of the Universe

11.08.2014

Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics

A new model shows how early black holes could have grown to over a billion solar masses

UGC 9379 galaxy imaged in the Sloan digital sky survey before the supernova explosion (left) and by the Palomar Observatory robotic telescope and by the Palomar Observatory robotic telescope afterward (right)

Blowing in the (Stellar) Wind

21.05.2014

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Researchers analyze the elements emitted from an unusual star just before it exploded

Prof. Eli Waxman

Think Positive

18.03.2014

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

What is the number of the positrons in the galaxy?

Image from the Voyager II flyby of Neptune in August 1989 (NASA). In the middle is the Great Dark Spot, accompanied by bright, white clouds that undergo rapid changes in appearance. To the south of the Great Dark Spot is the bright feature that Voyager scientists nicknamed "Scooter." Still farther south is the feature called "Dark Spot 2," which has a bright core. As each feature moves eastward at a different velocity, they are rarely aligned this way. Wind velocities near the equator are westward, reaching

Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep

16.05.2013

Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Environment

Weizmann Institute researchers and their colleagues set an upper limit for the thickness of jet streams on Uranus and Neptune

Chandra Crab Nebula. Image: NASA

Observed: The Outburst before the Blast

07.02.2013

Researchers discover a star’s “mini-explosion” taking place just a month before an all-out supernova explosion

Dr. Hagar Landsman at the geographical South Pole

Workplace: On the Ice

29.05.2012

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Work on specialized particle detectors takes Dr. Hagar Landsman from Antarctic ice to Italian underground caves.

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