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Prof. Zvi Piren. Photo: Noam Chai

For the first time, Israeli researchers will participate in a black hole and neutron star research group

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Professor Zvi Piren, head of the Schwartzman Chair at the Rakah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University and Professor Amir Levinson from Tel Aviv University will take part in a research group of the prestigious Simmons Foundation as part of an international collaboration
Imaging a kilonova: the merger and collision of two tiny but highly compressed neutron stars. Source: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser.

The prediction from 1989 that came true and the rapid mobilization of astrophysicists to observe the source of gravitational waves with other detectors as well

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Gravitational waves emanating from the merger of two black holes. Image: NASA/JPL

Proof of Einstein's theory of general relativity: "The discovery of gravitational waves opens a new window to the universe"

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A neutron star collision that creates a supernova. Illustration: shutterstock

Prof. Zvi Piren to the Hidaan website: "The solar system was lucky during its formation to receive an excess of heavy elements from a close merger of neutron stars"

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gold stars Illustration: shutterstock

The Golden Path: The Hubble Space Telescope observation confirms a half-year-old theory of Israeli researchers that explains the origin of gold and silver in the universe

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