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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Jan. 5 2011. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90.

Israeli academia climbs in international rankings

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Three Israeli universities appear in the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities' top 100 list that the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy published on Tuesday. The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot climbed to No. 67 from last...
Images of asteroid Apophis recorded by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The asteroid was 10.6 million miles (17 million kilometers) away, and each pixel has a resolution of 127 feet (38.75 meters). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO.

Israel’s Weizmann Institute joins NASA planetary defense exercise

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Representatives from the Weizmann Institute’s Physics Faculty in Rehovot joined more than 100 astronomers worldwide in a recent NASA planetary defense exercise. As part of the exercise, David Polishook, a member of the faculty and...
A global color mosaic of Neptune's moon Triton, taken in 1989 by "Voyager 2" during its flyby of the Neptune system. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS.

Israel team aims to reach Neptune’s moon with Trident project

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Is there life on Triton, the largest moon circling the planet Neptune? An Israeli project aims to find out. One of its key measurement tools will be a super-accurate clock that loses less than...