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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.
Feb 11, 2019...
Prof. Oded Aharonson and the Beresheet lunar craft
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 11, 2019—After an enterprise lasting nearly a decade, the Israeli unmanned Moon ... Read more
Dec 13, 2011... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 13, 2011— Today’s announcement from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva points to promising signs for the existence of th ... Read more
Jan 21, 2019... Under general relativity, a black hole is inescapable. Once something travels beyond the event horizon into the heart of the black hole, there’s no return. So i ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/xenon1t-dark-matter-experiment-launched/
Nov 12, 2015...
The Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory’s Hall B, with illuminated building and water tank in the back
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 12, 2015—There is five times ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/studying-supernovae-finding-the-origins-of-life/
Mar 28, 2018...
Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam
Many stars die with a whimper, subsiding into cool, small stars, but the most massive go out with a bang. These giants produce elemen ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/the-physicist-who-denies-dark-matter/
May 18, 2017...
Mordehai Milgrom Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science
“He is one of those dark matter people,” Mordehai Milgrom said about a colleague stopping by his off ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/fire-and-ice-on-mars/
Dec 09, 2014... About 4.5 billion of years ago, in a small solar system with a rather weak sun, were two “Goldilocks” planets. That’s what scientists call planets that could ha ... Read more
Jul 05, 2017... The remnants of supernova 1987A show newly formed dust in the center (red) surrounded by the supernova’s shock wave as it collides with gas around the supernova ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/how-the-mighty-winds-of-uranus-and-neptune-blow/
May 15, 2013... This image of Uranus was obtained in 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope. Rings, southern collar and a bright cloud in the northern hemisphere are visible. CREDI ... Read more
Jul 25, 2012... The research of the Weizmann Institute's Prof. Oded Aharonson focuses on planetary geology, geophysics, and dynamics; here, he shares his discoveries from Titan ... Read more
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