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New Israeli Satellite Aims to Deepen Understanding of the Universe
(Jerusalem Post) Eytan Halon - The Weizmann Institute of Science has partnered with the Israel Space Agency to launch a new scientific satellite in 2023 to "help us answer some of the big questions in astrophysics," said ULTRASAT principal investigator Prof. Eli Waxman. Key areas of research will include the formation process of dense neutron stars that merge and emit gravitational waves, how super-massive black holes rule their neighborhoods, how stars explode, where the heavy elements in the Universe come from, and the properties of stars that could have habitable planets. Constructed entirely by Israeli scientists and engineers, Israel Space Agency director Avi Blasberger said the satellite will place Israel "at the forefront of a global movement to explore the Universe with small, affordable satellites."