NCSA-supported research helps map the Eridanus supervoid near Earth. Verifying its existence could mean that the universe is expanding faster than expected.
Tag: Astrophysics
NCSA Contributes to the Most Extensive Free-Floating Planet Collection To Date
Through the Dark Energy Survey, astronomers discovered more than 70 Jupiter-sized exoplanets in the Milky Way.
NCSA Awards 20 Fiddler Innovation Fellowships to Illinois Students and Faculty
NCSA’s eDream Institute awarded Illinois students and faculty for innovative multidisciplinary research projects in 2021. Fellows were honored in a virtual awards ceremony.
NCSA Contributes to $4.4 Million Astronomy Cyberinfrastructure Project
The NSF-funded project, called MUSES, will help to build an open-source cyberinfrastructure that can be used to generate Equations of State for astronomical research.
From Planets to Galaxies and Gravitational Waves
The international DES collaboration uses a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images compiled with the help of NCSA to make remarkable discoveries about our Universe.
Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution
The Dark Energy Survey collaboration has created the largest ever maps of the distribution and shapes of galaxies, tracing both ordinary and dark matter in the universe out to a distance of more than 7 billion light years.
NCSA Gravity Group Prepares Students for Their Futures
Seven NCSA Gravity Group interns share bright post-graduation plans.
Scientists Monitoring Magnetic ‘Pothole’ in Space
Geomagnetic field forecasting models run on NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer identify new variations in the South Atlantic Anomaly.
Dark Energy Survey Makes Public Catalog of Nearly 700 Million Astronomical Objects
The international collaboration that includes NCSA, releases a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of surveys. This data release is one of the largest astronomical catalogs issued to date.
NCSA Wins DOE INCITE Award for Physics-Inspired AI Project
An NCSA-led team receives 145,000 node hours on Summit to create AI tools that enable data-driven discovery in multi-messenger astrophysics.