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A visualization of a supermassive blackhole. The jet is a stream of light coming from the center of the black hole.

Simulating Supermassive Black Holes

A multi-institutional group of researchers is using Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Bridges-2 to understand the emissions from active galactic nuclei better.

7/24/2024
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A diverse group of college students working on computers in a classrom.

U Mass Dartmouth Grad Students Explore Supercomputers Via ACCESS

Using Anvil, an ACCESS resource from Purdue, students get hands-on experience with cyberinfrastructure.

5/01/2024
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An artist's rendering of what a gamma ray burst may look like. There is a sphere of light with intense blue light focused on the diameter line of the sphere.

The Luminous Short Gamma-ray Burst

Researchers from CalTech use ACCESS resources to investigate the origins of one of the more spectacular celestial events

12/14/2023
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An example of a star’s magnetic field. This artist’s impression shows the magnetar in the very rich and young star cluster Westerlund credit: ESO/L. Calçada

Understanding Magnetic Fields

Penn State Scranton Uses ACCESS Resources in Study of Active Magnetic Fields in Stars

9/19/2023
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An image of the birth of a star

At the Very Beginning

ACCESS resources aid researchers in their quest to understand the origin of the universe.

9/14/2023
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A NASA image of flare and gas activity on the sun

Measuring the Impacts of Plasma Shock Waves

ACCESS resource Stampede2 aids scientists in analyzing solar wind

7/20/2023
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Photo from NASA's Hubble telescope of an irregular galaxy.

Billions and Billions of Stars

ACCESS resources aid in the cataloging of almost two hundred thousand new galaxies and thousands of possible black holes.

3/29/2023
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NASA image of Mercury

When Mercury Was Born

ACCESS resources, Bridges and Bridges-2, help solve the mystery behind the formation of Mercury.

1/19/2023
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Photo from NASA's Hubble telescope of an irregular galaxy.

Massive Measurements

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) train artificial intelligence to predict the mass of a galaxy.

12/21/2022
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A NASA image of a solar flare

Illustrating the Future of Solar Storms

Research offers insights about solar activity for the next decade

12/14/2022

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