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August 16, 2021

Nearby Star-Forming Region Yields Clues to the Formation of Our Solar System

A photograph of the Ophiuchus star-forming complex, an area in outer space with multiple stars of varying sizes and colors.

August 12, 2021

Black Holes Flicker When They Eat, Revealing Their Size

A screenshot of an animation that shows an artist’s impression of an accretion disk rotating around a central unseen supermassive black hole (SMBH). The overall image looks like a gigantic circle in space with concentric

July 27, 2021

Watch: When Galaxies Collide

A screenshot of a video showing a computer simulation of two galaxies colliding as seen through a telescope.

July 27, 2021

Magnetic ‘Balding’ of Black Holes Saves General Relativity Prediction By Thomas Sumner

A simulation of the magnetic field lines, represented as lines colored in green, surrounding a black hole, represented as a large black circle to the left of the image, against a red and blue background. As the field lines break and reconnect, pockets of plasma form, as seen in the center of concentric green circles stacked within each other. The largest of these pockets is located on the right side of the image and is the furthest away from the black hole. These plasma pockets launch inward toward the black hole or outward into space, draining energy from the magnetic field.

July 07, 2021

Record-Breaking Suite of Cosmic Simulations Aims to Identify Universe’s Parameters By Thomas Sumner

A screenshot of a collection of gas density maps taken from 80 different simulations run by the CAMELS project using code taken from SIMBA.

July 06, 2021

Julianne Dalcanton Named Next Director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics By Thomas Sumner

Portrait photo of Julianne Dalcanton against a forest scene.

June 15, 2021

Revolutionizing Simulations of the Universe With AI

A visual representation of a computer simulation. The representation resembles a complex, layered web of fluorescent-red branching lines that gather at certain points in a similar fashion to neurons in the human brain.

May 14, 2021

Shrinking Planets Could Explain Mystery of Universe’s Missing Worlds By Thomas Sumner

An artist's illustration of an exoplanet.