April 3, 2025

A perfect cosmic circle captured by Webb shows a distant spiral galaxy twisted around a closer elliptical galaxy. This Einstein ring provides a glimpse into the warped nature of spacetime. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G.

Webb captures perfect Einstein ring that reveals hidden galaxy

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a cosmic illusion called an Einstein ring, where the light from a distant galaxy is distorted into a perfect circle by the gravity of a closer galaxy.
Prof. Avraham Hefetz. Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson

Podcast: Who are the first honey pirates in history?

Tel Aviv 360 Podcast: The first to discover the method were the bears and badgers, which Prof. Avraham Hefetz calls the first honey robbers. Humans discovered the method and developed the agricultural industry for raising honey bees.
An illegible microscopy image with overlapping fluorescent labels of seven proteins (left) was translated with great precision using CombPlex into an image that allows the different proteins to be distinguished (right)

All embroidery colors

AI-based technology developed in Dr. Liat Keren's lab enables an unprecedented view of processes in body tissues