October 2017
A Spark in the dark
The cosmological search in the dark is no walk in the park. With help from Berkeley Lab’s NERSC, Fermilab aims open-source software at data from high-energy physics.
Category Archives: Astrophysics
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.
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.