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Since its creation by retired Silicon Valley software designer Bill Paxton, the Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) has illuminated the lives of stars and become a …

… Paxton’s retirement and beyond — and fostering a community of users and developers through workshops, events and training. “I never imagined MESA would have so many users …

Astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have created the first computer simulations showing how convection in the cores of massive stars generates waves that result in …

… angle. Further data collected in the following months confirmed that the hypothesis supported in this work is indeed correct. Cantiello joined the foundation in 2017 as associate …

Massive stars are key players in the universe. They explode as supernovae, affect the evolution of galaxies, and even create the elements in our DNA. Through computer modeling …

Supersize eruptions of some of the biggest, brightest stars in the universe result from clumps of helium-rich material launched spaceward by intense light, simulations suggest