🌌 How are chemical elements created in #supernovas or #NeutronStarMergers? Accurately simulating these extreme events requires enormous computing power, forcing researchers to simplify their models.

How GSI/FAIR’s new RHINE model helps 👉 https://www.gsi.de/en/start/news/details/2026/06/08/rhine

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Understanding neutron star mergers with artificial intelligence

Using a novel simulation model based on machine learning, an international research team at GSI/FAIR has succeeded in gaining a deeper understanding of element formation in stellar events such as neutron star mergers. For the first time, the scientists used deep learning with a neural network to model the energy release during r-process nucleosynthesis in hydrodynamic simulations. The results are published in the journal Physical Review D.

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NASA is Building Telescopes for the LISA Mission

NASA is building the six telescopes at the heart of the ESA/NASA Laser Interferometer Space Array mission. Here's our first look at one.

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The Aftermath of Neutron Star Mergers

When neutron stars merge the result is usually a black hole. But sometimes its a more massive, stable neutron star.

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