New simulation charts how the universe developed within seconds of the Big Bang
Reported by Elizabeth Howell
An artist’s impression of the Big Bang, an event that is believed to have begun the birth of the universe
A new simulation maps the first few seconds after the Big Bang, focusing on what scientists call the intergalactic medium, or the gas and dust between galaxies. A team led by researchers at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) used machine learning, a type of algorithm in which a computer is trained to recognise patterns, to complete 100,000 hours of computation.