00:00You've likely seen simulations of our solar system, even our galaxy, the Milky Way, or
00:08clusters of galaxies and nebulas.
00:10However, you've never seen anything like this, a first-ever supercomputer simulation
00:15of the entire universe.
00:17The simulation was conducted using 9,000 computing nodes of the Frontier Supercomputer at Oak
00:22Ridge National Laboratory.
00:24The results are staggering in their cosmic beauty, but this isn't just for show.
00:28I'd say this could help us better understand the elusive dark matter.
00:32The universe is comprised of atomic matter, or all of the conventional matter we have
00:35investigated so far, and dark matter.
00:38Dark matter is still yet to be confirmed, but it is likely responsible for all of the
00:41gravitational interactions in the universe that cannot be attributed to the mass of atomic
00:45matter.
00:46The simulation, called Exasky, not only effectively simulates the physical space of the universe,
00:51but also provides a look through space-time, each section a snapshot of billions of years
00:55of expansion.
00:56And that's why this simulation is just the first step, with the researchers saying that
01:00the first section they're investigating represents a volume of space which measures
01:04over 311,000 cubic megaparsecs, or what they add is just 0.001% of the volume of the supercomputer's
01:12entire simulation.
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