2.5-Petabyte Universe Simulation Recreates Cosmic Evolution in Unprecedented Detail
Astronomers have released the biggest ever computer simulation of the universe that gives researchers a fresh way to test how the cosmos formed and evolved. The dataset, built by the FLAMINGO project, impressively contains more than 2.5 petabytes of simulation data (imagine buying that kind of storage space in 2026).
FLAMINGO (or Full-hydro Large-scale structure simulations with All-sky Mapping for the Interpretation of Next Generation Observations, phew) was designed to follow the growth of cosmic structure across vast stretches of space while still modeling the messy physics of galaxy formation, thus giving scientists a tool that can connect the small-scale behavior of matter to the giant web of filaments and nodes that maps the universe on its largest scales.
Along with an international team led in part by researchers at Leiden University, lead author Joop Schaye described the simulations as a way to track cosmic structure over huge regions while...
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