Scientists Just Fit Our Universe in a Box…Wait What

Scientists just released one of the most advanced simulations of our universe to date, and it fits into a box.

Dark matter, supermassive black holes, galaxies, stars, magnetic fields—The Next Generation’s project, called Illustris or IllustrisTNG, has managed to fit the entire universe into a cube.

This impressive feat is the most advanced simulation of the universe and its evolution ever; the cube is a collection of state-of-the-art cosmological galaxy formation simulations. IllustrisTNG is a computational collaboration involving theoretical physicists, astrophysicists, scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Harvard, MIT, and more.

And the project presents a solution to a longstanding problem: How can we observe a larger portion of the universe without sacrificing detail?

Observing galaxies through telescopes only allows us to see certain properties of those galaxies. Existing simulations have historically made us choose between two options: large swathes of the universe simulated in low detail, or highly detailed simulations of only small pockets of the universe.

But IllustrisTNG allows for unparalleled detail on huge scales and offers three versions to choose from including TNG50, TNG100, and TNG300.

In this Elements, find out more about the different IllustrisTNG options, and what this new simulation could mean for the future of universe observation.

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Read More:
The TNG Project
"The IllustrisTNG project is a suite of state-of-the-art cosmological galaxy formation simulations."

First Results from the TNG50 Simulation: The evolution of stellar and gaseous disks across cosmic time
"We present a new cosmological, magnetohydrodynamical simulation for galaxy formation: TNG50, the third and final installment of the IllustrisTNG project."

Galactic fountains and carousels: order emerging from chaos
"Scientists from Germany and the United States have unveiled the results of a newly-completed, state of the art simulation of the evolution of galaxies."
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[kubakarwacki]

Well that just sounds like slavery with extra steps.

[subscribeofficial]

Maybe there's some alien watching us and saying "look, our simulation creating simulation too"

[nickgehr]

"Scientists fits universe in a box"

*And UPS gonna overnight ship it*

[JPLToyExperience]

I can't wait for Unbox Therapy to unbox this one

[serioussanta]

Me:I should try to simulate it.

My PC with core 2 duo: (nervous sweating)

[funkyflames]

That puts another meaning to the saying thinking outside of the box.

[linkV]

So, basically I'm gonna need to upgrade my PC to play the latest Sims expansion?

[whatsupmate]

Don't understand people who don't find the universe interesting 🤷‍♂️

[HowsThatApp]

Engineers : " Assume the universe is in a box. "






Done.

[ebongjr]

This reminds me of the Rick and Morty episode when Rick has his own little universe

[BackYardScience]

This reminds me of the futurama episode "the Farnsworth parabox".

[EEgrp]

"Just picture 100 milky ways being simulated at once" ... cause I can totally do that.

[ChannleTonyGuin]

I'M LIVING IN A BOX


I'M LIVING IN A CARDBOARD BOX

[bulldoga]

I don't know which is more exciting - unraveling the mysteries of the universe or our collaborative potential to solve problems.

[rickseiden]

No doubt the "TNG" in the name is a nod to Star Trek.

[MW-swso]

It looks like the universe is an explosion that was paused and we're living in the middle of the pause

[Master_Therion]

2:50 "16, 000 processors working 24/7 for over a year"
Yeah, they were probably Bitcoin mining.

[rajeshprem]

Imagine what a 1000 Qbit Quantum processor could do?

[anayz]

Don’t you ever just scroll down the comments and think,

Damn I wish I said that

Edit: Oh wow I didn’t expect to get even 10 likes

[UCTHE]

She doesn't mention the reason behind all these but I believe they have finally harnessed the power of quantum computing to cram all this computing power