For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...
Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.
Astronomers have long puzzled over the cause of a mysterious “glow” of very high energy gamma radiation emanating from the ...
Scientists from Japan's RIKEN research centre have created the most detailed simulation of the Milky Way ever made.
A long-held dream in astronomy has finally come into reach, and it carries a surprising emotional weight. For years, ...