# How an astrophysicist uses Codex to help simulate black holes

DevFeed: [How an astrophysicist uses Codex to help simulate black holes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-an-astrophysicist-uses-codex-to-help-simulate-black-holes-6709.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/using-codex-to-simulate-black-holes>)

Published: 2026-06-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Simulation and Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/simulation-and-design.md>)

Tags: [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [applied-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applied-ai.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-processing.md>), [event](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [relativity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/relativity.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [space](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/space.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Astrophysicist Chi-kwan Chan uses Codex to refine and test algorithms for simulating electrons and ions around black holes. The article explains how these simulations, data processing, and large-scale computing workflows help interpret Event Horizon Telescope observations and study extreme physics and general relativity.

## Source excerpt

Discover how astrophysicist Chi-kwan Chan uses Codex to build black hole simulations, helping scientists study extreme physics and test Einstein's theory of general relativity.