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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

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

Bureau Of Missing Masses

Bureau Of Missing Masses

01.06.1997

One of the most intriguing mysteries of astrophysics is the so-called "missing mass" problem: the mass of heavenly...

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Ada Yonath, photographed for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, 2008. Credit: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis

Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

Credit: XENON Collaboration/Luigi Di Carlo

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Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

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The Limits of Computing

Computers can solve complex problems but they are far from omnipotent. Prof. Ran Raz of the Weizmann Institute's Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department is trying to portray the limits...

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The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects.