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This site was made possible by the generous support of Michael Scott.

The SXS project is supported by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the NSF, and NASA.

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The sounds found on this site were created by Teviet Creighton.

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The text on this site was written by Michael Boyle, a member of the SXS group, currently at Cornell.

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The new SXS logo is designed by Siliconian. The inspiration came from the light cone as a representation of spacetime.

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Inspiration

In the 1st year of the period Chih-ho, the 5th moon, the day chi-ch'ou, a guest star appeared...

Yang Wei-T'e, Imperial Astronomer of the Sung Dynasty, 1054 A.D.

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About SXS

The SXS project is a collaborative research effort involving multiple institutions. Our goal is the simulation of black holes and other extreme spacetimes to gain a better understanding of Relativity, and the physics of exotic objects in the distant cosmos.

The SXS project is supported by Canada Research Chairs, CFI, CIfAR, Compute Canada, Max Planck Society, NASA, NSERC, the NSF, Ontario MEDI, the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, and XSEDE.

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