September 2017
Dramatic flares
Supercomputing aids experiments in sorting out the hidden mechanics of magnetic field reconnection, a key factor in solar storms and fusion energy reactors.
Category Archives: Astrophysics
March 2017
Coding a Starkiller
The Titan supercomputer and a tool called Starkiller help Stony Brook University-led team simulate key moments in exploding stars.
May 2016
Infant cosmos
Early-universe models evolve to handle observations to come.
November 2015
Tackling a trillion
Trillion-particle simulations take on the biggest big-data problems that exist.
May 2014
Supernova shocks
Observations support a supernova shock phenomenon discovered through computer modeling.
October 2013
Supernova revelations
Supercomputer models point to twists in a star’s death throes.
November 2012
Cosmic performance
A universe evolution simulation scores petaflops performance.
March 2011
Galaxy and gluons
Physicists looking for patterns in the cosmos face a huge challenge in data handling and analysis.
February 2011
Physics to the max
Mysteries of phenomena both minuscule and magnificent await supercomputing muscle.
July 2007
Star material
Simulating the origin of everything – from the iron in our blood to the planet we live on.