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March 13, 2019

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science, Quanta Magazine

Digital illustration of robot in front of a spiral galaxy

February 14, 2019

Gravitational Waves Will Settle Cosmic Conundrum

When neutron stars collide, they emit light and gravitational waves, as seen in this artist’s illustration. By comparing the timing of the two emissions from many different neutron star mergers, researchers can measure how fast the universe is expanding.

January 29, 2019

How Black Holes Power Plasma Jets By Thomas Sumner

A screenshot from blackhole simulation

January 10, 2019

Center for Computational Astrophysics Spring Colloquia Schedule

Mahogany-tinted Gaia spacecraft

January 09, 2019

CCA’s Blakesley Burkhart Awarded Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy By Thomas Sumner

Portrait photo of Blakesley Burkhart

November 15, 2018

Career Day Inverted: Students Glimpse STEM Careers in Action By Thomas Sumner

Center for Computational Quantum Physics research scientist Miles Stoudenmire leads an activity about magnets during the STEM Matters NYC Career Day

November 13, 2018

Enormous ‘Ghost’ Galaxy Spotted on Outskirts of Milky Way By Thomas Sumner

The Milky Way with the Large Magellanic Cloud (bottom-right) and Antila 2 (top-left)

October 29, 2018

Podcast: Black Holes from the Dawn of Light, Orbital Path (PRX)

Artist's rendering of a thick accretion disk that has formed around a supermassive black hole following the tidal disruption of a star that wandered too close