Astronomy Picture of the Day ·
Dark Matter Movie from the Bolshoi Simulation
The Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 3, 2011 is “Dark Matter Movie from the Bolshoi Simulation,” a video. It is credited to Video Credit: A. Klypin ( NMSU ), J. Primack ( UCSC ) et al., Chris Henze ( NASA Ames ), NASA’s Pleiades Supercomputer Music ( 2002): Her Knees Deep in Your Mind by Ray Lynch. The original explanation runs about 204 words.
From the explanation
“What if you could fly through the universe and see dark matter? While the technology for taking such a flight remains under development, the technology for visualizing such a flight has taken a grand leap forward with the completion of the Bolshoi Cosmological Simulation .”
— APOD editors, October 3, 2011
Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov
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At a glance
- Date
- October 3, 2011
- Type
- Video
- Credit
- Credit: Video Credit: A. Klypin ( NMSU ), J. Primack ( UCSC ) et al., Chris Henze ( NASA Ames ), NASA’s Pleiades Supercomputer Music ( 2002): Her Knees Deep in Your Mind by Ray Lynch
- Copyright
- No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
- Explanation length
- About 204 words