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Old 17-01-2012, 02:51 PM
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simulation of the formation of the Milky Way
ERIS: World's first realistic simulation of the formation of the Milky Way

This video in the above link shows a simulation by the University of Zürich, of how our galaxy was formed. To do it on a your home PC would take about 570 years to complete
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Very cool. Looks like water flowing down a drain hole!
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That's a great simulation, thanks for the link!
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