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Experts across science, industry, policymaking and philanthropy gathered for the 2026 Simons Science Summit to discuss how artificial intelligence is accelerating scientific discovery, reshaping research and raising new …

Simons Foundation President David Spergel writes about the importance of mathematics, the changing AI landscape and why the next decade of science will look radically different from the …

By tracking galaxy clusters hundreds of millions of light-years apart, researchers found the prevailing model of gravity still holds, reinforcing evidence for the existence of dark matter.

The latest data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration includes the clearest and most precise measurements yet of the universe’s earliest light.

The new estimates of the parameters that form the basis of the standard model of cosmology are far more precise than previous approaches using the same galaxy distribution …

… other members of the Simons Foundation staff. Ultimately, the Simons Foundation accepted every application it received and extended the application period as many scientists lost power and …

… share data, code, analysis pipelines, protocols and reagents with the broader community. The foundation expects proposals to include junior investigators and investigators from a diversity of academic …

The new meeting space is named for Marion Greenup, the foundation’s vice president of administration.

The American Philosophical Society has elected astrophysicist and Simons Foundation president David Spergel as one of the newest members of its ranks. Benjamin Franklin founded the organization in …

On April 13, NASA has awarded Simons Foundation president David Spergel its Exceptional Public Service Medal, in a virtual ceremony telecast. The award cites Spergel’s “outstanding leadership …

… best wishes via prerecorded video message, lauding Spergel’s work in encouraging — and guiding — government funding of science. The celebrations focused not only on Spergel but also …

… celebrate his inauguration. Simons Foundation president David Spergel and guests celebrate his inauguration. Simons Foundation president David Spergel and guests celebrate his inauguration. Simons Foundation president David …

… to have significant impacts,” he says. “In the long run, it will be the combination of the scientists we train and the transformative results we enable that …

… truly outstanding people to the foundation and creating a warm and supportive atmosphere that encourages creative and effective work,” Spergel says. “Together, we can maintain the wonderful …

Machine-learning methods can predict the long-term stability of planetary configurations 100,000 times faster than previous approaches.

David Spergel, director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA), is among 232 astronomers and astrophysicists honored as the first class of fellows of the American Astronomical Society …

When it comes to the composition of the universe, we’ve made significant progress in finding out how little we know.

… about the universe, such as the nature of dark energy,” Spergel says. Spergel and Page are currently part of the Simons Observatory project, which will look for …

Astrophysicists estimate that the sunlike star called Kronos has consumed 15 Earths’ worth of rocky material

The new institute drives scientific discovery using computational methods.

… and serve as a focal point for computational astronomy around the world. David Spergel is the Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 …

… Spergel’s primary research focus over the last few years has been the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), a NASA satellite launched in 2001 to make fundamental …