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August 30, 2021

Building Computer Models That See Everything By Marcus Banks

Portrait photo of Kathryn Bonnen

August 17, 2021

Cracking a Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Quasars with Supercomputer Simulations

A digital photo of a misty, quasar-like formation in what appears to be outer space. A plus-shaped crosshairs is at the center of the formation and surrounded by a dotted circle. White text above this circle reads,

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 21, 2021

Ultrafast Microscope Observes Quick-Moving Excitation That Could Be a Long Sought Phase of Matter

A photograph of what appears to be a drop of water breaking the surface of a pool of water and causing concentric circular ripples to form around the site of the impact.

July 13, 2021

A Collaborative Paradigm for Cracking the Code of Quantum Systems

Digital illustration of a wavy plane. Arrows point up and down on the plane.