US Lab Models Galaxy Cluster Merger 89
astroengine writes "The scales are mind-boggling and the physics is cutting edge, so how do you go about simulating the collision of two galactic clusters? Using some of the most powerful computers in the world, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, the Flash Center at the University of Chicago and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have done just that."
Does this qualify as a big bang? (Score:4, Funny)
Merger (Score:5, Funny)
In a merger that size, the job losses must be astronomical.
Re:Near one of those simulated stars . . . (Score:4, Funny)
. . . does it have a planet with living beings running astronomical computer simulations?
not anymore
Re:Does this qualify as a big bang? (Score:5, Funny)
no sound, but it makes a huge... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Does this qualify as a big bang? (Score:5, Funny)
It's sound, Jim, but not as we know it.
Re:Does this qualify as a big bang? (Score:5, Funny)
Whoosh... Thats the sound of a joke going over your head.
If a joke goes over your head in outer space, does it make a woosh?
Re:Flash Center (Score:4, Funny)
Flash, What better platform is there for simulating something that takes billions of years.
The Flash Center? (Score:1, Funny)
Oh man, Apple's going to be pissed!
Re:Does this qualify as a big bang? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not sure about a big bang, but it's definitely a cluster f*.