NASA Researchers Rock the World of Asteroid Simulation
Assessing potential damage from an asteroid strike and planning mitigation strategies is now faster and more accurate thanks to simulations and risk models run on NASA supercomputers.
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Using Ice Sheet Models to Improve Sea Level Rise Predictions
Scientists are running large-scale ice sheet simulations on the Pleiades supercomputer to help improve predictions of ice sheet evolution and to understand the impact on global sea level.
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Simulating Parachute Dynamics for NASA Space Exploration Missions
Aerospace engineers at NAS are developing new, high-fidelity simulation tools to predict the complex dynamics of parachute clusters as they decelerate through the atmosphere.
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NASA Ames Kicks off Pathfinding Modular Supercomputing Facility
The innovative Electra modular supercomputer is already making it faster and easier for scientists to run simulations for NASA missions—while also saving water and electricity.
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NAS-Developed Pegasus 5 Wings Its Way to NASA’s Software of the Year
The innovative Pegasus 5 software is used by nearly every NASA aerospace program to easily handle complex grid simulations for new vehicle designs.
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Latest News & Highlights
New Podcast Features NAS Supercomputing Expert Bill Thigpen
06.30.17 – Bill Thigpen, who manages the supercomputing resources here at the NAS facility, talks about how he got into the field and why we need supercomputers for NASA missions "across the board." Listen to podcast
Hyperion Research Announces HPC Innovation Excellence Award Winners
06.19.17 – NASA's Modular Supercomputing Facility garnered the HPC Data Center Innovation Award from Hyperion Research, which announced the newest recipients of their HPC Innovation Excellence Awards for outstanding achievements. Read More
Astrophysicist Studies Earth-Size Planets Using Supercomputers
06.08.17 – A University of Oklahoma (OU) astrophysics researcher has identified the possible compositions of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. He used thousands of numerical simulations on the NASA Pleiades and OU supercomputers to identify the planets stable for millions of years. Read More
Space Hots Up When Galaxy Clusters Collide
06.07.17 – A collision of two clusters containing millions of galaxies has produced a turbulent region of hot gas, with temperatures reaching 1.7 million degrees Celsius, according to astronomers at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The researchers discovered this surprising phenomenon by running simulations on the Pleiades supercomputer, using observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Read More
