NASA Showcases Agency Science at SC14

SC14 attendees from around the globe visited NASA's booth to see the latest discoveries and innovations enabled by agency supercomputers. Over 30 demonstrations in Earth sciences, space travel, aeronautics, and exploration of our universe were on display. If you missed the conference, take a look at our demos, the amazing science visualizations in our gallery, and more!

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Featured Demos

A Virtual Telescope on the World’s Oceans and Sea Ice

Scientists have produced 3D global “maps” of Earth's liquid and frozen places at unprecedented horizontal resolutions, providing an oceanic equivalent of a telescope to reveal the state of the entire ocean/sea-ice system in new detail.

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Weather Modeling: Letting Nature Run Its Course

A new, ultra-high-resolution simulation of Earth's atmosphere captures how weather systems, carbon dioxide, aerosols, and other phenomena travel the globe and interact with each another.

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Predicting Launch Acoustics for
Next-Gen Rockets

High-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations are improving predictions of launch environment acoustics to ensure safe liftoff conditions for NASA's next-generation heavy-lift Space Launch System.

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New Simulations Revolutionize Theory of Galaxy Formation

Scientists are using a new code called ChaNGA to run realistic galaxy simulations that capture both gravity and gas hydrodynamics, providing insight into dark matter and black holes—revolutionizing our understanding of galaxy formation.

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