Predicting the Sun’s Corona for the Great American Solar Eclipse
Heliophysics researchers ran complex, dynamic solar models on the Pleiades supercomputer, using real-time observational data to predict the features of the solar corona prior to the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse.
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Scientists Use Supercomputers to Predict Asteroid Damage on Earth
Simulations of hypothetical impact scenarios run on the Pleiades supercomputer help calculate risks and assess possible damage that might occur when asteroids enter Earth's atmosphere.
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Helping Keep Astronauts Safe with Advanced Simulations, Visualizations
Cutting-edge simulations run on the Pleiades supercomputer help engineers shape the final configuration of the Orion launch abort vehicle, designed to keep astronauts safe during launch.
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A Hybrid Quadcopter for Longer Flights, Quieter Skies
High-fidelity simulations run on the Pleiades supercomputer are helping aeronautics engineers discover ways to make multi-rotor drones fly longer and quieter.
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Realistic Simulations Reveal Something New Under the Sun
A combination of supercomputers and visualization helped scientists make an important discovery about magnetic field activity taking place deep below the solar surface.
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Latest News & Highlights
NASA Leverages HPC for Asteroid Defense
09.04.18 – NASA has been actively working to understand and mitigate the risks posed by asteroids for a decade. Much of this work currently takes place in California as part of the Asteroid Threat Assessment Project (ATAP) at NASA Ames, using the Pleiades supercomputer. Read More
Why Do Galaxies Start Out as Cosmic Pickles?
08.22.18 – A geometric mystery from deep space is sharpening the computer models used to understand the complex history of the universe and to peer into its far future. Modeling efforts including the Bolshoi-Planck simulation of large-scale structure run on our Pleiades system, NASA's most powerful supercomputer. Read More
240 Cubic Miles Of Magma Was Just Discovered Beneath California's Supervolcano
08.16.18 – Geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey’s California Volcano Observatory used seismic tomography to measure the Long Valley Caldera, one of the largest supervolcanoes in the world. Running the data through NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer, the researchers were able to map the reservoir of magma beneath the caldera and estimate the likelihood of a supereruption. Read More
New and Improved Way to Find Baby Planets
06.14.18 – New work from an international team of astronomers used archival radio telescope data to develop a new method for finding very young extrasolar planets. The research leveraged computing resources at the NAS facility. Finding more baby planets will help astronomers answer many outstanding questions about planet formation, including the process by which our own Solar System came into existence. Read More
