Dark Matter - Aquarius Simulation

This movie shows the formation of one of the Aquarius halos we simulated, over nearly the full age of the Universe from redshift z~50 to z=0. The camera position moves slowly around the forming galactic halo, pointing towards its centre at all times.

The Aquarius Project is a large-scale collaborative programme of the Virgo Consortium, similar in scope and scale to the Millennium Simulation project.

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[devilblazer5]

dark matter / dark energy destroys the concept of god

[canniGermany]

@devilblazer5

There is NO god! ;)

[Trapharp]

what is Gyr?

[canniGermany]

Astronomers use Gyr as an abbreviation for Gigayear. Specifically, one Gyr is equal to 10^9 years

[dezeer]

nice video, what is the song being used?

[canniGermany]

dj madson - Is This the Real Thing

[Slotzan]

@canniGermany a billion years

[Ztumorty]

the universe is god, fools



[736wilsonlm]

@devilblazer5 It only changes the perception of the universe. It does not destroy anything. Think about it. Really think about it

[NightBazaar]

@spacecowboy95 Nothing in the universe has ever been stationary. Everything is in constant motion. The simulation shows how things grouped or clumped together because of the gravitational attraction of objects (such as gas and dust) which resulted in such clumps and groups to grow larger. Dark matter probably plays an important role in shaping and holding together things like galaxies, clusters, and the filaments.

[calluseiam777]

dark matter,the fluid of the universe,the universe is a living being,we and all living things are nano machines,the universe is god.

[spacecowboy95]

@canniGermany And when I look at this simulation I find that it resembles the slow motion videos ive seen of glass shattering when it hits the ground or collides with something, does the behaviour of matter in our universe suggest that some sort of collision occured which produced the big bang?

Hey man I know nothing about physics but I find it really interesting. Thanks:)

[spacecowboy95]

Hey I wanted to know if this simulation essentially represents how the universe was born, i.e an event of rapid expansion called the big bang. Because here it looks like you start with a whole lot of stationary particles and then apply forces to them. Does this produce the exact same core bahaviour and "look" as what we would expect of our universe? 

[91jbarra]

sick