Right at the brink of a black hole, gravity twists space and time so violently that ordinary physics starts to fall apart.
Pulsating stars. Supernova explosions. Streaking asteroids. Far-off galaxies. Humankind recently saw the first stunning images of outer space taken by the world’s largest digital camera – and Florida ...
Frontier has a peak performance of 2 exaflops per second — meaning it can perform more than a billion-billion calculations per second — and is currently ranked No. 2 on the TOP500 list of the world’s ...
If you've ever poured milk into a cup of coffee and watched it swirl, you've seen turbulence in action. This phenomenon is responsible for everything from a bumpy airplane trip to ocean currents. Now, ...
Researchers used supercomputers to create nearly 4 million simulated images depicting the cosmos. Researchers are diving into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real one. Using ...
The SuperMUC-NG supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Munich is one of Europe’s most powerful computing systems. It supports cutting-edge research in fields like astrophysics, ...
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What Is a Supercomputer?

When you think of a supercomputer, what do you see in your mind's eye? A gigantic mainframe like ENIAC? A sinister emergent ...
Titan, potentially the world's fastest computer, comes online at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The supercomputer is... Why Is This Supercomputer So Superfast? The world's ...
While the supercomputer believes there are a number of candidates for the crown, Morocco are the clear favorites. As well as ...
Michael Borda, the associate vice provost for research and the executive director of strategic initiatives, takes a closer look at Betty, the University of Pennsylvania's new supercomputer in ...