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  1. LIGO-Virgo Network Catches Another Neutron Star Collision

  2. ‘Ringing’ Black Hole Validates Einstein’s General Relativity 10 Years Ahead of Schedule

  3. A Stellar Stream in the Milky Way Provides Evidence of Dark Substructure

  4. Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on a Collision Course

  5. The First AI Simulation of the Universe Is Fast and Accurate — and Even Its Creators Don’t Know How It Works

  6. Gravitational Waves Will Settle Cosmic Conundrum

  7. How Black Holes Power Plasma Jets

  8. CCA’s Blakesley Burkhart Awarded Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy

  9. Enormous ‘Ghost’ Galaxy Spotted on Outskirts of Milky Way

  10. Pint-Size Planetary Systems Aren’t Into Heavy Metal

  11. Visiting Researcher Program – Center for Computational Astrophysics

  12. Flatiron Institute Hosts National Science Foundation Workshop on the Plasma Physics of Neutron Star Mergers

  13. Watch: Simulations of Stellar Geysers From Luminous Blue Variable Stars

  14. Elusive Origin of Stellar Geysers Revealed by 3D Simulations

  15. Gaia Data Releases Spark Open-Access Success

  16. The Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy

  17. The Eternal Sky, Part 3: Tools for Bang or Bounce

  18. Assembly of Massive Galaxy Cluster Witnessed for the First Time

  19. Hubble Telescope Reveals Source of Gas Streaming Into Milky Way

  20. Stratospheric Ozone at Lower Latitudes Is Not Recovering, Despite Antarctic Ozone Hole Healing

  21. New Universe Simulation Reveals High-Resolution Details About Cosmological Structures

  22. Newly Discovered Goliath Galaxies From Early Universe Hint at Massive Dark Matter Trove

  23. Flatiron Institute’s David Spergel Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize for Mapping the Early Universe

  24. Gravitational Waves From Merging Supermassive Black Holes Will Be Spotted Within 10 Years, New Study Predicts

  25. A Star That Devoured Its Own Planets

  26. Sabbatical Visiting Researcher Program – Center for Computational Astrophysics

  27. Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute

  28. Flatiron Institute Dedication Ceremony (Video)

  29. Astrophysicist Yuri Levin Heads CCA’s New Compact Objects Research Group

  30. How Supermassive Black Holes Can Form Without Collapsing Stars

  31. New Institute Pushes the Boundaries of Big Data

  32. Colliding Galaxies Move From the Lab to the Movies

  33. David Spergel To Lead New Center for Computational Astrophysics