Research
A massive new simulation reveals how the universe emerged from darkness
The Brief
- A new supercomputer simulation called Lumina recreates about 2 billion years of early cosmic history.
- The simulated region spans roughly 1.6 billion light-years across.
- The simulation models how the universe moved out of its cosmic dark age and filled with stars and galaxies.
Why it matters
The simulation offers a large-scale computational view of the transition from the cosmic dark age to a universe with stars and galaxies, which helps astronomers test models against observations of the early universe.
Who’s affected
- astronomers and cosmologists
- computational astrophysicists
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- #galaxy formation
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A groundbreaking new supercomputer simulation is revealing how the universe escaped its cosmic dark age and transformed into a cosmos filled with stars and galaxies. Called Lumina, it recreates 2 billion years of early cosmic history across a region 1.6 billion light-years wide…
Timeline
Space & Time News reported on the Lumina simulation via ScienceDaily
Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily
A massive new simulation reveals how the universe emerged from darkness