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Scientists observe unexplained behavior in the GD-1 stellar stream, begin search for clumps of dark matter in the Milky Way. -
The titanic duo can help astronomers predict when the historic first detection of the background ‘hum’ of gravitational waves from supermassive black holes will be made and whether … -
The new model can envision universes with unique parameters, such as extra dark matter, even without receiving training data in which those parameters varied. -
… the same values, which means our standard cosmological model might be flawed.” Feeney, Peiris and colleagues developed a universally applicable technique that calculates how gravitational wave data … -
New simulations reveal how interactions between magnetic fields and particles sap a black hole’s energy. -
The prize recognizes outstanding research by a postdoctoral female astronomer. -
The newfound dwarf galaxy, Antlia 2, is the largest known satellite of the Milky Way and the sparsest galaxy ever seen. -
… type of planetary system, making them an ideal place to search for life on other planets. “Low-metallicity stars have been around a lot longer,” Brewer says … -
The Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute invites researchers on sabbatical to visit the CCA in 2019–2020. Located in New York … -
… from around the world came together following the public announcement of the neutron star merger just a month earlier. -
Massive outbursts from stellar giants known as luminous blue variables have puzzled scientists. New 3-D simulations hint at a mechanism -
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 -
Thanks to the Gaia team’s immediate release of all its Milky Way measurements, data sprints at the Flatiron Institute quickly uncovered new discoveries -
… Astronomy, University of Cambridge, U.K. ([email protected]) Sergey Koposov, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA ([email protected]) Alis Deason, Department … -
Telescopes at the Simons Observatory will help decipher the origins of the universe. Third in a series. -
A dense flock of 14 galaxies from 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang is destined to become one of the most massive structures in the modern … -
The Leading Arm of the Magellanic Stream originates primarily from a nearby dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud -
… developed here can be used in many scientific applications that look at complex datasets.” Information for Press For additional information, please contact [email protected]. Scientific Contact … -
An international team of astrophysicists has released IllustrisTNG, the most advanced universe model of its kind. -
The colossal clump of dark matter is nearly as large as physically possible at the time -
… 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 Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute invites researchers on sabbatical to visit the CCA in 2018–2019. Located in New York …
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The new institute drives scientific discovery using computational methods. -
Updated September 22, 2017, with new video. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Simons Foundation co-founders Jim and Marilyn Simons dedicated the Flatiron Institute on September 6 … -
… Cosmology and Gravitational Wave Astronomy groups at the Flatiron Institute, located across the street from the Simons Foundation headquarters in New York City. -
… 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 …