Funding CAII Receives NASA Funding to Assist Euclid Space Mission NASA awarded the Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation $1 million to support the exploration of dark matter and dark energy. April 28, 2025
Honors and Awards NCSA Receives Honors in 2024 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards NCSA recognized by the HPCwire community for its outstanding work in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. November 19, 2024
In the News To the Farthest Reaches in Five Years The Astrophysical Sciences Project Office celebrates five years of success with its programs, including the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys. November 4, 2024
Funding NCSA Building Stronger Connections Among Observatories, Astronomers The HEROIC service will provide the entire astrophysics community a single destination to coordinate resources around an astronomical event. October 2, 2024
Science Features Probing the Early Universe NCSA scientists probe the epoch of the first stars and galaxies using the oldest light in the universe and the Illinois Campus Cluster. September 30, 2024
Funding SkAI Launched to Further Explore Universe NCSA and partner institutions received a $20 million grant to create new artificial intelligence tools for space exploration. September 18, 2024
Research Astronomers Use AI to More Clearly Observe Space With support from NCSA, an evolving DeepDISC project helps identify objects such as stars and galaxies. September 5, 2024
Honors and Awards Homecoming NCSA celebrates the return visit of the Center’s founder, Larry Smarr, with a retrospective look at his many accomplishments in cyberinfrastructure and research computing. May 21, 2024
In the News Astrofest at NCSA Researchers explored the cosmos at this annual CAPS event hosted by NCSA. May 6, 2024
Announcements Upcoming Seminar by NCSA Founder Larry Smarr Join NCSA for a special seminar with founding director Larry Smarr. May 2, 2024
In the News EOH 2024 at NCSA NCSA hosted award-winning exhibits, scavenger hunts and future STEM researchers at this year’s Engineering Open House. April 11, 2024
Funding NCSA Participates in Design of Next-generation Telescopes In collaboration with the University of Chicago, NCSA researchers are working to create new telescopes to map the light from the earliest moments of the universe. December 13, 2023
Research The Luminous Short Gamma-ray Burst Researchers from Caltech use Delta to investigate the origins of one of the more spectacular celestial events December 11, 2023
Funding NCSA, SCIMMA Awarded $3.5 Million To Connect MMA Research Worldwide The NSF-funded project will build and update the communications infrastructure for previously siloed multi-messenger astrophysics research groups. June 20, 2023
Publications James Webb Space Telescope Sheds New Light on Distant Galaxy A team led by NCSA Astrophysical Sciences Program Office Director Joaquin Vieira and CAPS Fellow Kedar Phadke publish their findings in Nature. June 6, 2023