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Scientists Complete Universe Millennium Simulation

Posted by timothy on from the prayer-wheels-can-stop dept.

james tech writes "The Virgo Consortium recently completed its massive "Millennium Simulation", tracing the universe's evolution from its early origins to present day. To simplify the computations, they considered only dark matter which composes most of the universe. Using a 512-node cluster with IBM processors, the group produced over 20 terabytes of data with some of the most breathtaking images of the universe never seen. A visible matter simulation is underway, at a lower resolution."

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  1. Shame by nagora · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Since it's pretty obvious that "dark matter" is just a hack to make the maths work; there's almost certainly no such thing. Oh, well.

    TWW

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  2. the science of creatonism... by jnf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    wait.. i dont get it, where is god?