Zvi MZA

Prof. Zvi Maza, photo: Tel Aviv University

Professor Zvi Maza is the winner of the Israel Prize in the field of physics research for 2024 - an overview of his main discoveries

Professor Maza studied planets outside the solar system and even developed a method for discovering planets that allows expanding the search circle
Visualization of a planet similar to Earth orbiting a different sun. Image: depositphotos.com

The tripartite venture to locate planets outside the solar system

In a first-of-its-kind project in space - Tel Aviv University will mediate between the two European Gaia spacecraft and NASA's Tess to enable easier and faster discovery of planets
Illustration of the system. In the center of the figure one of the planets and in the distance you see the double sun and the other planet.

For the first time, two new planets orbiting a double sun have been discovered

A planet orbiting a double sun for illustration Courtesy: Lynette Cook, Lior Taylor, Mark Garlick of the University of San Diego.

Two planets each orbit two suns

A poster of the conference where the seven new planets that were globulated by the CoRoT satellite on June 14, 2010 will be presented. Photo: French Space Agency

Discoveries of seven new planets by the Coro spacecraft (CoRoT)

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

An Israeli team shared in the discovery of an Earth-like planet

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Prof. Zvi MZA/The struggle for Pluto as a planet

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

there is someone in there?

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

An extraterrestrial planet was photographed