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Particle Physics and Astrophysics

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
29.06.2015

Ultraviolet observations may shed new light on exploding stars...

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
11.08.2014

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

Prof. Eli Waxman
18.03.2014

What is the number of the positrons in the galaxy?

 (l-r) Profs. Zeev Vager and Dirk Schwalm and Dr. Oded Heber
16.01.2014

A method developed at the Institute is rejuvenated; a molecular quiz is solved

Detectors for high-energy cosmic neutrinos are buried under the Antarctic ice
08.10.2013

High energy neutrinos from the Universe’s far reaches carry clues to their mysterious sources

Dr. Danny Kandel
25.08.2013

Dr. Danny Kandel, Senior Director of Advanced Development for KLA-Tencor, Israel, develops ultra-precise measurement systems

Dr. Zohar Komargodski
11.12.2012
Komargodski is one of three promising young theoretical physicists to receive the Prize
Illustration depicting particle collisions
03.07.2012

The long and complicated journey to detect the Higgs boson, which started with one small step about 25 years ago, might finally have reached its...

Dr. Hagar Landsman at the geographical South Pole
29.05.2012

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

(l-r) Dr. Zohar Komargodski, Prof. Adam Schwimmer and visiting Prof. Alexander Zamolodchikov. Extra dimensions
16.02.2012

Weizmann scientists give promising proof for a 23-year-old quantum physics theory

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