Space research

Illustration showing the unmanned spacecraft JUICE in the vicinity of Jupiter (center). On the right: the moons Callisto and Europa; on the left: Ganymede and Io (yellow), Jupiter’s volcanically active moon that is not included in the mission’s core program (Courtesy of the ESA)

Across the Universe: Israeli Tech to Reach Deep Space for the First Time

13.04.2023

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science

The Ultra Stable Oscillator, designed for an experiment led by Weizmann Institute scientists, is at the forefront of ESA’s JUICE mission to...

ULTRASAT

NASA to Launch Israel’s First Space Telescope Mission, ULTRASAT

21.02.2023

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science

A Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Space Agency flagship, the instrument will enter orbit in 2025; it’s expected to revolutionize...

A Wolf-Rayet star and the nebula surrounding it captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Gal-Yam and colleagues are the first to discover a rare-type supernova originating from this star // NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Going Out with a Bang

12.01.2022

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

A first-of-its-kind exploding star – thought to have existed only in theory – was recently discovered

One of the Giant Magellan Telescope's mirrors

Pointing the World’s Largest Mirrors Toward the Heavens

19.10.2021

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Weizmann Institute of Science joins Giant Magellan Telescope to advance the world’s most powerful telescope

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

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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...

Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship

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.

One Protein, Two Programs

A cell’s decision to commit suicide involves an exchange of information between two suicide mechanisms