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Astrophysics

Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam. Intense gravity
01.10.2009
The first view of a huge stellar explosion from start to finish
After the Collapse
23.03.2009
Weizmann Institute scientists observe the largest exploding star yet seen...
A scientific first
22.05.2008
A Supernova Explosion is Observed in Real Time Including a tell-tale flash of radiation preceding the event...
Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam
02.05.2008
Supernovae form when white dwarves feed on their companions
 
Shrinking Giants, Exploding Dwarves
28.08.2007

New, detailed observations of a supernova show evidence that a white dwarf star "fed" off a red giant...

Prof. Eli Waxman.
01.10.2006
For the first time, astrophysicists managed to observe a supernova from just 160 seconds after the event began
Time in Space
30.08.2006

Real-time observations of a supernova explosion through NASA's Swift satellite have confirmed theoretical research...

Prof. Daniel Zajfman
06.12.2005
Prof. Daniel Zajfman nominated as next President of the Weizmann Institute
 
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Prof. Shaul Hanany. The end of the world as we know it
01.10.2004

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.
01.05.2003
A ten-year study suggest the mass at the center of the Milky way is a supermassive black hole

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