CAPS and ICASU fellow Scott Perkins explains his passion for astrophysics
Tag: Astrophysics
A 32-year Superstar in Cyberinfrastructure Retires
Michelle Butler played critical roles in Mosaic and other NCSA milestones.
NCSA Reflects on 35 Years as a Supercomputing Powerhouse
Witnessing the rise of supercomputing over the years, NCSA leaders share milestones and fond memories in this retrospective feature.
Dark Energy Survey Releases More Data
NCSA has processed and extracted more than 390 million astrophysical sources, most of them corresponding to galaxies.
Dark Energy Survey Verifies Supervoid
NCSA-supported research helps map the Eridanus supervoid near Earth. Verifying its existence could mean that the universe is expanding faster than expected.
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.