Baby model cosmos grows up to look like the real thing (video)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25530-baby-model-cosmos-grows-up-to-look-like-the-real-thing.html#.U38eWtB_W2c / supercomputer simulation evolution Universe 12 million years after the Big Bang until the present day produce realistic looking galaxies current history of the universe galaxy simulation simulation's creator Mark Vogelsberger Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT understanding galaxy evolutionmodel models predict Universe previous simulations properties individual galaxies web like scaffold dark matter connects groups of galaxies recent advances supercomputing fresh computational approach recent simulation Illustris goal statistical sample of galaxies modelled cube 347 million light years observable universe equations ordinary matter behaviour cosmic structures rigid grid simulation accurate computationally efficient previous ones /