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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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Next-Gen Israeli Satellite to Seek out Cosmic Explosions and Black Holes

12.08.2019

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Space Agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology are heading this international project

Mars impact

Minerals in a Family of Asteroids Reveal Martian Roots

20.07.2017

Astrophysics, Planetary Science

A new Institute study suggests "Trojan" asteriods were born in a giant impact

UGC 9379 galaxy imaged in the Sloan digital sky survey before the supernova explosion (left) and by the Palomar Observatory robotic telescope and by the Palomar Observatory robotic telescope afterward (right)

Blowing in the (Stellar) Wind

21.05.2014

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Researchers analyze the elements emitted from an unusual star just before it exploded

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