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If you are a NASA-sponsored scientist or engineer, computing time is available to you at the High-End Computing (HEC) Program's NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility and NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).

LATEST NEWS

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01.12.12 - NASA Study Shows Health, Food Security Benefits From Climate Change Actions
A new study led by a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, improve health and boost agricultural production.
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12.20.2011 - Kepler Mission Discovers First Earth-size Planets Beyond Our Solar System
With help from the Pleiades supercomputer and NAS experts, scientists have validated the discovery of two new planets, Kepler–20e and Kepler–20f. The discovery is detailed in a paper in Nature, with NAS's Chris Henze as a coauthor.
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12.13.2011 – "Apollo Zone" Digital Image Mosaic and Digital Elevation Model Released
NASA Ames' Intelligent Robotics Group has released high-resolution maps covering 18% of the lunar surface—the 3D map processing was performed using NASA's Pleiades supercomputer.
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12.05.2011 - Ancient Dry Spells Offer Clues About the Future of Drought
Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientists have unearthed new evidence about ancient droughts in Mexico's Yucatán and in New York's Hudson River valley that suggest the future could bring even more serious water shortages.
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11.30.2011 - NASA Exhibit Activities at the 2011 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
The NASA booth (#1637) will showcase a wide variety of science presentations and cutting-edge, interactive science, technology, and data demonstrations. This year’s program will be held Tuesday, December 6 through Friday, December 9.

HEC FACILITIES

NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

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NASA Goddard's Phil Webster shows how supercomputing Earth's climate is done in the NASA booth at the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
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