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… For Isi, the many unanswered questions about black hole observations only add to the excitement, “because it’s such a clear indication that there’s much yet … -
Observations of colliding black holes from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration are shedding new light on the universe’s darkest inhabitants as well as on the nature of … -
A former Flatiron Institute pre-doctoral fellow, Lam now works on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. -
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. -
A team of astronomers led by the Flatiron Institute’s Kishalay De discovered that a star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared without going supernova, and instead collapsed directly … -
Inspired by a desire to understand how things work, Flatiron Research Fellow Adrian Bayer studies the structure of galaxies and the remnant heat from the universe’s creation … -
New simulations created by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and the Institute for Advanced Study reveal how material flowing around and into black holes creates intense light shows … -
A comprehensive set of simulations by Flatiron Institute astrophysicists and their colleagues revealed that magnetic fields are responsible for creating black holes with masses in a range previously … -
The fellowships support scholars on the cutting edge of developing AI to benefit humankind. -
The annual award recognizes outstanding elementary particle physics research performed by a physicist who recently obtained their Ph.D. -
Valentin Crépel of the institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics is the winner of the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists in the physical sciences and … -
New observations of a merger of two black holes confirm decades-old predictions by Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr. The findings emerged from analyses led by … -
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 … -
Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves generated by the event were detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration and analyzed by Flatiron Institute … -
… team included researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel; Queen Mary University of London and University College London; the University of Iowa in … -
Flatiron Institute researchers have identified a previously unknown way to make the universe’s heaviest atoms, such as gold, platinum and uranium. They calculate that a single flare … -
… 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 … -
The latest data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration includes the clearest and most precise measurements yet of the universe’s earliest light. -
The White House announced on January 14 that Flatiron Institute astrophysicist Lorenzo Sironi will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor … -
The Polymathic AI team has released two massive datasets for training artificial intelligence models to tackle problems across scientific disciplines. The datasets include data from dozens of sources … -
Astronomers will use the telescope array to trace the evolution of the dark energy tearing the universe apart. -
Simulations of exploded highly magnetized stars collapsing into black holes reveal that they ‘pass down’ their magnetic fields to their newly formed black hole’s surrounding disk of … -
Betelgeuse has displayed brightening and dimming over the years, convincing some that it could be close to becoming a supernova. However, a new study from the Flatiron Institute … -
… reveal the unknown about our universe. Establishing this new line of missions — the largest our Astrophysics program has ever competed — has taken that creativity to new heights … -
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 … -
The ripples in space-time caused by the death of massive spinning stars could be within the limits of detection of projects like LIGO and Virgo, new simulations … -
In 2014, scientists observed X-ray activity from distant galaxies that was thought to be the first evidence of dark matter decay — a landmark discovery that could significantly … -
The exoplanet’s backward and weirdly elliptical orbit suggests that giant planets can migrate blisteringly close to their host stars long after forming in the cooler outskirts of … -
With an orbit longer than those of most of its brethren, the new planet spotted by volunteer planet hunters and confirmed by Flatiron Institute scientists and their colleagues … -
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has announced the members of its 2024 class of inductees. Among the honorees is Julianne Dalcanton, the director of the … -
The international team behind the Event Horizon Telescope, including the Flatiron Institute’s Jordy Davelaar, created a never before seen picture of the supermassive black hole at the … -
The new map includes around 1.3 million quasars from across the visible universe and could help scientists better understand the properties of dark matter. -
For the first time, the five Flatiron Institute research centers (astrophysics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience and quantum physics), as well as its Scientific Computing Core and the Foundation Models … -
Using state-of-the-art computer simulations, astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have sharpened our picture of how black holes may generate some of the … -
Astrophysicist Shy Genel is leveraging machine learning to reveal the most basic properties of the universe. -
… ask questions that they wouldn’t be able to ask without the models we’re producing.” ChatGPT has well-known limitations when it comes to accuracy (for … -
… galaxy comes from the most massive stars,” Faucher-Giguère says. “Because more-massive stars burn at a higher speed, they are shorter-lived. They rapidly use up … -
… joined NYU as a research professor of physics. The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences will celebrate Ho alongside the other finalists and … -
After 15 years of carefully observing stars called pulsars throughout our galaxy, the NANOGrav collaboration has “heard” the perpetual chorus of gravitational waves rippling through our universe. Much … -
Flatiron Institute astrophysicist Adrian Price-Whelan studies the chaotic motions of stars in the Milky Way. His mission? To search for one of the universe’s best-kept … -
A new analysis of measurements of the universe’s oldest light made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope shows how ordinary and dark matter is spread across the cosmos … -
… equations can help us in maximizing the scientific return from these surveys.” Wadekar also hopes that this publication will be just the tip of the iceberg when … -
By marrying statistical techniques with computational tools, Flatiron Institute research scientist Dan Foreman-Mackey is helping astronomers probe the atmospheres of other planets. -
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded its prestigious research fellowship to four past and present Simons Foundation researchers. This year’s 125 fellowship recipients “represent the most … -
… International Outgoing Fellow at the California Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham … -
New observations and analysis by Flatiron Institute researchers and their colleagues reveal two Goliath black holes just 750 light-years apart and closing, as they circle each other …