Meet Athena: NASA supercomputer solves in one day what a typical PC would take 500 years to complete

NASA has launched Athena, its fastest and most powerful supercomputer ever. The supercomputer is now running at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California and according to NASA will play a major role in future space missions, climate research, and advanced scientific studies. Athena is also helping, NASA in taking a big step forward in how it uses computing power to solve complex problems.