Astronomy

Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy

After 9 months of number crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from a computer simulation of the physics involved in galaxy formation and ...
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Creating a Milky Way on a supercomputer

After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, researchers have produced a simulated spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way. Until now, the inability to simulate such a galaxy ...
Scientific American magazine

For a realistic Milky Way simulation, just add clustered star formation

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Simulations that have previously tried to ...
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Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy

This comparison shows the Eris simulation (top) and the Milky Way (bottom). Credit: S. Callegari, J. Guedes, and the 2MASS collaboration. After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful ...
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Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy

Supercomputer experiment supports cosmological model of a ‘cold dark matter’ universe SANTA CRUZ, CA–After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy ...