Scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the world's fastest supercomputer, Frontier, to create the largest astrophysical simulation of the universe ever made, named ExaSky. The simulation ...

When scientists push the limits of the world's most powerful supercomputers, they often find those limits are just the beginning of what's possible. In early November, the Department of Energy's ...

The Frontier supercomputer's calculations provide a new foundation for simulating the universe's conventional physics, but also the enigmatic behaviors and properties of dark matter. Reading time 3 ...

The simulations will be used by astronomers to test the standard model of cosmology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

A small sample from the Frontier simulations reveals the evolution of the expanding universe in a region containing a massive cluster of galaxies from billions of years ago to present day (left). Red ...

Observations show the universe appears flat, yet its true size and global shape beyond the observable horizon may remain forever unknown.