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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 07, 2016...
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Sometime in the year 2030, if all goes according to plan, some dozen groups around the world will begin receiving un ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/rare-star-to-supernova-link-established/
Mar 22, 2009... A supernova, or stellar explosion, some 200 million light-years away has been traced to its progenitor star, one of only a few times the source of a supernova h ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/super-supernovae/
May 22, 2013... HIGHEST-ENERGY SUPERNOVAE might look quite spectacular from a planet orbiting the exploding star, but any civilization would most likely be obliterated. Illustr ... Read more
May 24, 2010... Not all explosions are created equal: It’s as true for film effects as it is for the stars. Yet, until now, scientists had only observed two basic kinds of expl ... Read more
Oct 19, 2017...
A ring of cyclones swirls around Jupiter's south pole.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has plumbed the depths of Jupiter, revealing that the planet’s famous bands o ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/unveiling-the-depths-of-jupiter-s-winds/
Mar 07, 2018...
Jupiter’s south pole, taken during a Juno flyby, Dec 16, 2017. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 7, 2018—Three papers ... Read more
Apr 04, 2012...
Zaijfman, President of the Weizmann Institute
If you have any interest at all in science, a chat with Daniel Zajfman can be pretty instructive. As head of ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/beresheet-lunar-landing-site-revealed/
Mar 17, 2019...
The Beresheet landing site
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 17, 2019—The main scientific instrument on board the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft, the SpaceIL Magnetomete ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/israeli-eyes-on-jupiter-orbiter/
Jun 30, 2016...
Image: NASA
On July 4, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will be entering orbit around Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System. Its extended trip – more than ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/chasing-the-higgs-boson/
Mar 05, 2013... Peter Higgs, center, of the University of Edinburgh, was one of the first to propose the particle’s existence. From left, physicists at CERN who helped lead the ... Read more
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