Critically, this simulation also includes the effects ... The only way that dark matter supposedly affects the universe around it is by exerting a gravitational pull. Scientists first proposed ...

The project, called OpenUniverse, relied on the now-retired Theta supercomputer at the DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The supercomputer accomplished a process ...

Scientists have created over a million simulated cosmic images using the power of supercomputers to anticipate the capabilities of NASA’s upcoming Roman Space Telescope. These synthetic images allow ...

The rest of the universe appears to be made of a mysterious, invisible substance called dark matter (25 percent) and a force that repels gravity known as dark energy (70 percent). Scientists have ...

A core area is the numerical simulation of astrophysical systems with high ... supernova explosions or matter in accretion disks around black holes – is complemented by studies of structure formation ...

This simulation showcases the cosmos as ... (the mysterious force thought to be accelerating the universe's expansion) and dark matter (invisible matter, seen only through its gravitational ...

A new computational method gleans more information than  its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.