Largest-ever cosmological simulation to shed new light on dark matter
Collage by Nina McCurdy, including Nick Risinger's "Artist's conception of the Milky Way galaxy" (25 June 2009) adapted from the NASA illustration) and the NASA images of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
Article Summary
The Bolshoi cosmological simulation is by far the most ambitious project of its kind. It harnesses the power of supercomputing to bring cosmology into the realm of experimental sciences. Based on observable input data, the Bolshoi simulation allows scientists to see what the higher structure of our universe might have looked like at particular points in time throughout its formation, arming them with tools that should make cracking the mysteries of dark matter, dark energy and galaxy formation much more feasible.
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