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Simulation of the Artemis I launch showing how the Space Launch System rocket's exhaust plumes interact with the air, water, and the launchpad
11.15.24 - Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe
At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the universe – from our planet to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Projects across diverse research will be on display in NASA’s exhibit during the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, or SC24, being held in Atlanta, Nov. 17-22, 2024.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Kirk Johnson, Sant director, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, observe the new Earth Information Center exhibit at the Museum of Natural History
10.09.24 - GMAO Content Featured in New NASA EIC Exhibit at Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History
NASA has teamed up with the Smithsonian to launch a new Earth Information Center exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Hyperwall dashboards feature a number of Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) datasets, including greenhouse gas concentrations, air quality, and weather conditions, computed at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation.
Planet LP 791-18 d dominates this artist’s concept. The planet is illuminated on the right side and in shadow on the left. Its mottled brown surface has several bright yellow spots where volcanoes are erupting. These bright spots are connected by jagged veins of bright red lava.
09.26.24 - NCCS-Hosted Simulations Enable Exploring Prospects of Detecting Volcanic Signatures on ExoEarths
The NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) enabled University of California, Riverside, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientists to simulate how large igneous province volcanic eruptions — some of the most massive in Earth’s history — affect the planet’s climate and atmospheric chemistry. The simulation data then served to define the atmosphere of a hypothetical rocky Earth-like exoplanet (or exoEarth) for exploring the possibility of detecting volcanic signatures with future space telescopes.
Graph showing daily, global mean 2 m temperature for 2024 (red) compared to the climatological mean (thick black line), 15th percentile, 85th percentile (gray shading), and minimum and maximum temperature (thin black lines) for the period of 1980 through 2023
09.25.24 - GMAO Science Snapshots Explore Dust to Ocean Life
Enabled by the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS), NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) advanced understanding of Saharan dust transport, record global air temperatures, and Chlorophyll-A in the oceans.
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08.28.24 - CISTO Summer 2024 Interns Take on AI and Other Challenges at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA’s “Summer of AI” (Artificial Intelligence) — a season-long learning campaign — “aims to enhance our workforce’s ability to harness the technical and cultural potential of AI.” Summer interns are no exception, with a record 17 interns growing their knowledge and agency capabilities by tackling AI and other technological challenges across the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
A 2019 photo of aerodynamics engineer Thomas Steve and aerospace engineer Nettie Roozeboom viewing data flowing in from a wind tunnel test of the Space Launch System rocket on the hyperwall at NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility.
08.20.24 - NAS Supports Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, ‘Red Rover’ Team
Earlier this year, the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division’s Research & Development team, in collaboration with the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel team at NASA’s Ames Research Center, successfully performed initial tests of the Unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint application for a project called Red Rover—reminiscent of the classic children’s game. .

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