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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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Aug 01, 2018... Titan-ic accomplishment. It took scientists 13 years to create these six new images of Titan, which incorporate layers of data from various angles of approach a ... Read more
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Jul 06, 2018...
Hello, My Name Is Steve, a purple ribbon of hot ionized gas, manifests farther south than most auroras. Photo courtesy Vanexus Photography
The universe is ... Read more
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Jan 18, 2018... Even if you feel that things might be a little bleak right now, the start of any new year is a time to be optimistic. And the best, most realistic place to look ... 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
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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
Feb 05, 2017... An innovative protective suit against cosmic rays developed by Israeli startup StemRad is set to head for outer space. The Israel Space Agency and the Ministry ... Read more
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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
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