About

SEAP — Solar, Earth and Planetary Physics Group

A research group at the Institute of Physics, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia).

Since 2009, SEAP has been dedicated to research in planetary sciences and Earth sciences. It is officially a division of FACom (Computational Physics and Astrophysics), also based at the Institute of Physics. Both groups were founded by Jorge I. Zuluaga (lead developer). Undergraduate and graduate students have passed through the group over the years; some of them appear among the contributors and collaborations on this site.

We develop computational tools and educational resources for planetary science, celestial mechanics, astrobiology, and related areas of astrophysics. Most of our work is published as open-source software on GitHub under the seap-udea account. This site highlights our most relevant repositories, papers, and interactive apps.

Planetary science Celestial mechanics Astrobiology Exoplanets & rings Near-Earth objects Computational astrophysics

Lead developer

Jorge I. Zuluaga

Full Professor, University of Antioquia · Lead developer of SEAP

Physicist and PhD in Physics, senior lecturer and researcher in astrophysics and astrobiology.

His work combines research in planetary science and astrobiology, high-performance scientific software and computing, and science communication in astronomy and physics. He has led research groups, projects, and academic programs — including the undergraduate program in Astronomy and diplomas in astronomy and physics — and has published on exoplanets, exomoons, planetary magnetic fields, orbital dynamics, and meteoroids.

Most of the open-source software published under seap-udea was created or curated by him for teaching, research, and public outreach.

Interactive apps

Browser-based simulations hosted on this site. More apps can be added under apps/ and published with the same GitHub Actions workflow.

Cloud Academy

Interactive bubble-chamber visualizer for elementary particle tracks. Hover tracks to identify muons, pions, electrons, and more from their shape and curvature.

Particle physics Education Next.js

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Lighting Black Holes

Interactive visualization of light and matter around black holes. Explore how spacetime curvature bends light paths and shapes what an observer can see.

Astrophysics Next.js WebGL

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La calculadora de Drake

Explore the Drake equation, adjust its assumptions, and visualize the estimated number and distribution of communicative civilizations across the Milky Way.

Astrobiology Education Next.js

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Star trek

Starship bridge for relativistic kinematics. Design a flight plan with constant proper acceleration and see how far, how fast, and how much the ship's clock drifts from Earth's.

Relativity Education Next.js

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