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November 05, 2025

CCA Research Fellow Elena Pinetti Awarded Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics By Thomas Sumner

September 16, 2025

Flatiron Institute Scientists Valentin Crépel and Ore Gottlieb Named Blavatnik Regional Award Honorees By Jane Beaufore

September 10, 2025

Ringing Black Hole Confirms Einstein and Hawking’s Predictions Mara Johnson-Groh

An illustration of gravitational waves from two black holes nearing a merger event.

August 12, 2025

A Stellar Revolution: How Open-Source Tool MESA Changed the Way We Study Stars Rachel Scanza

An illustration of a star's cross-section with an overlay of MESA code and charts.

July 21, 2025

Gravitational Waves Reveal Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Detected By Jane Beaufore

Two black holes in a binary system surrounded by spirals of material.

April 30, 2025

A Vast Molecular Cloud, Long Invisible, Is Discovered Near Our Solar System

April 29, 2025

Flares From Magnetized Stars Can Forge Planets’ Worth of Gold, Other Heavy Elements Mara Johnson-Groh

A visualization shows a giant flare erupting from a magnetized star called a magnetar.

March 31, 2025

Flatiron Institute Becomes New Hub for Stellar Evolution Software Suite MESA By Rachel Scanza

Thousands upon thousands of stars illuminate this breathtaking image of star cluster Liller 1, imaged with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. This stellar system, located 30,000 light-years from Earth, formed stars over 11 billion years.