A First-of-Its-Kind Simulation Just Modeled the Entire Universe

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The simulation was conducted using 9,000 computing nodes of the Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Experts say this could be the first true step in finally unveiling dark matter.

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00:00you've likely seen simulations of our solar system even our galaxy the Milky Way or clusters

00:08of galaxies and nebulas however you've never seen anything like this a first-ever supercomputer

00:14simulation of the entire universe the simulation was conducted using 9000 computing nodes of the

00:20frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory the results are staggering in their

00:25cosmic beauty but this isn't just for show physicists say this could help us better

00:29understand the elusive dark matter the universe is comprised of atomic matter or all of the

00:34conventional matter we have investigated so far and dark matter dark matter is still yet to be

00:39confirmed but it is likely responsible for all of the gravitational interactions in the universe that

00:43cannot be attributed to the mass of atomic matter the simulation called exosky not only effectively

00:48simulates the physical space of the universe but also provides a look through space-time each section

00:54a snapshot of billions of years of expansion that's why this simulation is just the first step with the

00:59researchers saying that the first section they're investigating represents a volume of space which

01:03measures over three hundred and eleven thousand cubic mega parsecs or what they add is just point zero zero

01:09one percent of the volume of the supercomputers entire simulation

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