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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
Jan 22, 2019...
An image of Saturn taken by NASA's shuttle Cassini. (photo credit: NASA)
The rings of Saturn are very young, according to data obtained from NASA’s shuttle ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/after-the-collapse/
Mar 23, 2009... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 23, 2009—In the first observation if its kind, scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and San Diego State University were able to ... Read more
Jul 17, 2018...
An image of planet Jupiter made available by NASA, April 3, 2017 /AP
Ten moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter – 9 “normal” outer ones and an “oddbal ... Read more
Jan 27, 2020... Similar to the gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn, their smaller cousins, Uranus and Neptune, have long been known to harbor swirling clouds and violent winds ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/colder-and-colder/
Sep 19, 2017...
The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
When investigating at ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/the-watery-birth-of-stars/
Feb 01, 1997... Logically, stars should not exist. They are born when clouds of interstellar gas collapse inwardly under their own weight, growing denser and hotter until nucle ... Read more
Feb 14, 2017... This graphic shows galaxy NGC 7610 (top right), where the supernova SN2013fs exploded. The event was detected by the Palomar Transient Factory sky survey (botto ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/at-cern-god-particle-research-at-crossroads/
Jun 29, 2014...
Inside CERN's ATLAS Cavern, located 92 m. below ground. Photo Credit: Calcalist
GENEVA — In a way, the worst thing that could have happened for physicists ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/nasa-mission-discovers-jupiter-s-inner-secrets/
Mar 08, 2018... This computer-generated image shows the structure of the cyclonic pattern observed over Jupiter’s south pole. Like in the North, Jupiter’s south pole also conta ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/mars-is-recreated-in-israeli-desert/
Feb 20, 2018... Israeli analog astronauts take part in the D-Mars project at the Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station in the Negev Desert near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, on Feb. 18, 201 ... Read more
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