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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.
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Nov 13, 2017... Jets and Debris from a Neutron Star Collision. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab. This animation captures phenomena observed over the course of ... Read more
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May 11, 2018... The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that freed Kilauea’s lava also damaged the island’s telescopes. Is volcano goddess Pele angry about the construction of a massive n ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/followed-by-a-moonshadow-the-great-american-solar-eclipse/
Aug 17, 2017...
This map shows the path the Moon’s dark inner shadow will take August 21, 2017. Source: Astronomy: Richard Talcott and Roen Kelly
What will you be doing on ... Read more
Jan 17, 2019... Cassini’s view from orbit around Saturn on Jan. 2, 2010. This natural-color view is a composite of images taken in visible light with the spacecraft’s narrow-an ... Read more
May 22, 2008... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—Thursday, May 22, 2008—An ordinary observation with NASA's Swift research satellite recently led to the first real-time sighting of a star in th ... Read more
Jun 19, 2019... The planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, is seen in an undated artist's impression. (photo credi ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/a-day-in-the-life-of-saturn-revealed/
Mar 26, 2015...
Saturn. (photo credit:TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY)
Israeli scientists have solved the longtime puzzle of when the sun rises on the planet Saturn.
Planetary sc ... Read more
Oct 03, 2018... Opher Doron, general manager of Israel Aerospace Industries' space division, speaks beside the SpaceIL lunar module, in a special “clean room” where the space c ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/searching-for-dark-matter/
Sep 23, 2014...
Dr. Ran Budnik
Dark matter is one of the most striking unsolved mysteries in physics today. Scientists have yet to detect it directly, but almost all measu ... Read more
Mar 01, 2008... It's open season on supernovae, as the Weizmann Institute of Science brings experimental astrophysicist and supernova hunter Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam to campus. Dr. ... Read more
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