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Gravitational Waves from Merging Supermassive Black Holes Will Be Spotted within 10 Years, New Study Predicts

Simons Foundation, November 2017

Astronomers won’t have to wait much longer for their first glimpse of one of the biggest types of unions in the cosmos. New research published November 13 in Nature Astronomy predicts that gravitational waves generated by the merger of two supermassive black holes will be detected within 10 years. The study is the first to use real data, rather than computer simulations, to predict when such an observation will be made.

A Star That Devoured Its Own Planets

Simons Foundation, October 2017

A devourer of worlds lurks around 350 light-years away. According to a recent study comparing the chemical composition of a pair of sunlike stars, one of the stars has consumed the rocky equivalent of 15 Earths.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute

Simons Foundation, September 2017

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined Simons Foundation co-founders Jim and Marilyn Simons on September 6 to dedicate the foundation’s new Flatiron Institute, an intramural research division of the Simons Foundation that tackles big data sets — and big scientific questions — by developing cutting-edge computational methods.

Astrophysicist Yuri Levin Heads CCA’s New Compact Objects Research Group

Simons Foundation, September 2017

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce a new research group within the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA). Led by astrophysicist Yuri Levin, the Compact Objects group will explore the physics underlying gravitational waves and relatively compact astronomical objects, such as neutron stars and supermassive black holes.