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A recent paper by researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder shows that new global magnetohydrodynamic simulations of rapidly rotating M-Dwarf stars, run on NAS supercomputers, produced convective nests. This previously unseen phenomena might contribute to the formation of persistant active longitudes scientists have observed on the Sun and other stars. The Boulder team's related work was highlighted as a NASA@SC21 research project.

Read more about this research performed on NAS supercomputers

To help keep ignition overpressure waves from damaging the Space Launch System during launch, fluid dynamics engineer Travis Rivord at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center runs simulations of the solid rocket booster plume-water induced environment. In this short video presentation, Rivord discusses both the challenges of simulating the launch environment physics—using the Pleiades supercomputer at NAS—and his team’s successful validation of various test scenarios.

Video presentation on Space Launch System solid rocket booster plume-water induced environment simulations.

Researchers at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration teamed up with colleagues at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at William & Mary to develop and test the world's first three-dimensional operational storm surge model. The research was enabled by supercomputers at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility and the Texas Advanced Computing Center.

Image from 3D model results of mesh on the Delaware Bay region.