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A new supercomputer simulation animates the evolution of the universe

It’s the most accurate, detailed glimpse of the early cosmos yet, researchers report

a snapshot of a computer simulation of the early universe, showing radiation as blue clouds emanating from dense filaments of stars and galaxies (shown as white specks)

Radiation (blue) emanates from dense filaments of stars and galaxies (white) in this snapshot from a new simulation of the early universe.

P. Ocvirk/Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Paul Shapiro/The University of Texas at Austin, The Cosmic Dawn & CLUES Collaborations, Summit/Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility

By James R. Riordon

- More than 2 years ago

The infant universe transforms from a featureless landscape to an intricate web in a new supercomputer simulation of the cosmos’s formative years.