20 projects
Astropy
Astropy is a core package for astronomy in Python that provides tools and functionality for performing astronomical calculations, handling astronomical data, working with coordinates, time, units, and other common astronomy-related tasks. It serves as a foundational library for the astronomical computing ecosystem.
Contributors
2,821
Organizations
597
Software value
$20M
Astroquery
Functions and classes to access online data resources. Maintainers: @keflavich and @bsipocz and @ceb8
Contributors
1,102
Organizations
187
Software value
$7.4M
INDI Core Library
INDI Core Library Repository
Contributors
900
Organizations
78
Software value
$10M
SunPy
SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Contributors
894
Organizations
174
Software value
$3.2M
TARDIS
TARDIS - Temperature And Radiative Diffusion In Supernovae
Contributors
563
Organizations
96
Software value
$4.8M
PyCBC
Core package to analyze gravitational-wave data, find signals, and study their parameters. This package was used in the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GW150914), and is used in the ongoing analysis of LIGO/Virgo data.
Contributors
558
Organizations
39
Software value
$13M
PlasmaPy
An open source Python package for plasma research and education
Contributors
465
Organizations
74
Software value
$5M
Healpy
Healpy is a Python package for working with HEALPix (Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization) data, commonly used in astronomy and cosmology for analyzing spherical data. It provides tools for spherical harmonics transforms, map manipulation, and visualization of data on the celestial sphere.
Contributors
447
Organizations
110
Software value
$596K
Gammapy
A Python package for gamma-ray astronomy
Contributors
430
Organizations
51
Software value
$4.2M
Core Cosmology Library (CCL)
The Core Cosmology Library (CCL) is a standardized library for cosmological calculations in LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) analysis. It provides validated numerical implementations of cosmological functions needed for calculating theoretical predictions for observables in a range of cosmological analyses.
Contributors
290
Organizations
36
Software value
$74M
AMUSE
AMUSE (Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment) is a Python framework for large-scale astrophysical simulations, allowing coupling of different simulation codes to study complex astronomical phenomena. It provides tools for stellar evolution, gravitational dynamics, hydrodynamics, and radiative transfer calculations.
Contributors
274
Organizations
36
Software value
$51M
Phantom
Phantom is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code for astrophysical fluid simulations. It is used for modeling and simulating various astrophysical phenomena including star formation, planet formation, and stellar collisions.
Contributors
263
Organizations
8
Software value
$5.8M
GalSim
The modular galaxy image simulation toolkit. Documentation:
Contributors
210
Organizations
38
Software value
$12M
PINT
PINT (PINT Is Not TEMPO3) is a scientific software package for high-precision pulsar timing analysis. It provides tools for analyzing pulse arrival times from radio pulsars, modeling pulsar parameters, and performing timing analysis to study gravitational waves, test theories of gravity, and conduct other astrophysical research.
Contributors
207
Organizations
21
Software value
$3.1M
INDIGO
INDIGO is a system of standards and frameworks for multiplatform and distributed astronomy software development designed to scale with your needs.
Contributors
199
Organizations
25
Software value
$56M
VPLanet
VPLanet is a software tool for simulating planetary system evolution, including orbital dynamics, tidal forces, climate modeling, and habitability calculations. It enables researchers to study how planets and their environments change over time by integrating multiple physical processes.
Contributors
187
Organizations
8
Software value
$4.5M
PyVO
PyVO is a Python library that provides access to Virtual Observatory (VO) services and data through standardized protocols. It enables astronomers and researchers to discover, access, and work with astronomical data from various online services and archives that support VO standards.
Contributors
158
Organizations
51
Software value
$1.2M
COMPAS
COMPAS (Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics) is a rapid binary population synthesis code used to simulate the evolution of binary stars and predict the properties of gravitational wave sources. It models stellar and binary evolution to study compact object formation and mergers.
Contributors
130
Organizations
5
Software value
$3.8M
GAMER
GAMER (GPU-Accelerated Adaptive MEsh Refinement) is a high-performance astrophysical simulation code that uses adaptive mesh refinement and GPU acceleration for solving astrophysical problems. It focuses on computational fluid dynamics and gravitational calculations for astrophysical simulations.
Contributors
101
Organizations
5
Software value
$5.1M
specutils
An Astropy coordinated package for astronomical spectroscopy. Maintainers: @rosteen @keflavich @eteq
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