Frontiers of the Universe
Reaching for the stars
The Frontiers of the Universe flagship is revolutionizing research in particle physics and astrophysics through deep exploration of everything from subatomic particles to faraway galaxies.
Building for the future
- Construction of the N.E. Alexander Family M Foundation Physics Building is on track, and will house state-of-the-art labs, workshops, and offices for the Frontiers flagship.
- 150 thin-gap chambers are being built on campus, to be installed at CERN’s ATLAS detector in Switzerland.
ULTRASAT subsystem milestones
- Design review of telescope baffle (blocking unwanted light)
- Manufacture of propulsion system
- Ranking and sensor selection for Engineering Model camera
- Delivery and testing of critical optical elements
Systems now running at the Weizmann Astrophysical Observatory
(near Kibbutz Neot Smadar in Israel’s Negev Desert)
- Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST): A 48-telescope array that samples an unprecedentedly comprehensive swath of the night sky.
- Fast Astronomical Survey Telescope (FAST): A ground-based system capturing 25 images per second to study ultra-fast phenomena.
- Pan-chromatic Array for Survey Telescopes (PAST): Four 14-inch photometric telescopes imaging selected fields using eight custom filters.