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Illustris is a computer model ~ the most accurate and detailed one to date, according to scientists ~ of 13 billion years of our universe, including both regular and dark matter and 41,000 elliptical and spiral galaxies. The music accompanying the video is a bit theatrical, a bit
2001: A Space Odyssey-ish (and btw,
http://www.kubrick2001.com/), as are the written notes on the screen, which I guess is all in an effort to interest us non-scientists (I will try to not feel patronized!) (story, video):
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/for-the-first-time-we-have-a-full-virtual-model-of-the-universe/361945/
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