ERIS: World's first realistic simulation of the formation of the Milky Way

For almost 20 years astrophysicists have been trying to recreate the formation of spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way realistically. Now astrophysicists from the University of Zurich present the world's first realistic simulation of the formation of our home galaxy together with astronomers from the University of California at Santa Cruz. The new results were partly calculated on the computer of the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) and show, for instance, that there has to be stars on the outer edge of the Milky Way.

See also the interview with Lucio Mayer from the University of Zurich explaining the relevance of this research work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtBQR...

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[sxaosinz]

i could have done this ...

just record me mixing nesquick with milk :P

[kthebeast]

So the Milky Way is a giant cotton candy machine? COOL!

[Cindy O]

Interesting :)

[BrazzMonkey9]

You're dumb and here's why. If a Youtube comment makes you lose hope in humanity, I pity you. If you gathered that I expect entertainment from a Science and Technology video, you must be two cans short of a six pack. I hope you're smart enough to know that nobody is going to watch a TV show that you recommend, whether it involves cancer or not. So I think it would be in your best interest to make like a fetus and head out little buddy,

[Drcrazy93]

Ahh, my daily youtube dose of losing hope in humanity. You have no idea what the hell you're talking about. Because the only possible value of this computation is its entertainment value to you, right? Go watch some TMZ or some other societal cancer.

[BrazzMonkey9]

8 months for that shit?

[henrywoof]

I like this.

[disobedient]

Needs more Doctor Who theme.

[SrmthfgRockLee]

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[aldoskyz8]

Amazing work! It's great to see how the work, the studies and the acquired knowledge of scienze can make (plus some super computers) these theoretical explanations of us universe!.

Voted!

Ps. great song too!

[plashal]

i guess asking for an HD/1080p version is out of the question.

[albedoshader]

Depends on what the color is coding. Maybe temperature?