Astrophysics

Prof. Shaul Hanany. The end of the world as we know it

Peeking Back in Time

01.10.2004

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Scientists more or less agree on how the Universe began. But how will it end?

Stars pulled into the crowded perimeter of a supermassive black hole sometimes collide. Simulation of a collision between two stars.

Riding a Black Hole

01.05.2003

A ten-year study suggest the mass at the center of the Milky way is a supermassive black hole

Simulation of a collision between two stars. Simulations by Dr. Tal Alexander, Weizmann Institute of Science

Zooming Star Points to Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

16.10.2002

The scientists tracked, for the first time, a star completing an orbit around a known unusual source of radiation (a black hole candidate) in the...

Prof. Eli Waxman

A Window of Opportunity in the Sky

01.05.2002

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Particle detectors twice the size of the Eiffel Tower sunk deep in the Antarctic ice may be the next frontier in space exploration

Message In a Bottle

Message In a Bottle

01.05.1998

After conducting experiments in a giant ion storage facility in Germany, Prof. Daniel Zajfman built a desktop version for use in his Institute lab

Light Shed on Radiation from Outer Space

Light Shed on Radiation from Outer Space

01.10.1995

Could high-energy cosmic rays and gamma-ray bursts be produced in the same cataclysmic events?

Mysterious Radiation Bursts Explained

Mysterious Radiation Bursts Explained

01.10.1994

Do mysterious gamma ray bursts take place at the death of neutron stars or at their birth?

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking