First 2 billion years of universe’s existence revealed in mind-blowing simulation: ‘Exciting new frontier’

The Lumina simulation models the universe’s first two billion years, depicting the development of galaxies and black holes. The project used more than 15,000 graphics processing units and is intended to be compared with observations from telescopes including the James Webb Space Telescope.

• The Lumina model depicts the universe’s evolution during its first two billion years after the Big Bang, beginning with a cube 1.5 billion light-years long.· 1 source
• The project used more than 15,000 graphics processing units running on the Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.· 1 source
• Researchers plan to compare the simulation’s predictions with observations from the James Webb Space Telescope and other optical instruments.· 1 source