Cosmic Dawn III Recreates the Early Universe Epoch of Reionization in Unprecedented Detail

January 6, 2023 • by Marc Airhart

Scientists create the most detailed and accurate simulation ever produced of the first billion years of the universe.

White filaments stretch like a chaotic spider web across a blue background

The CoDa III simulation shows galaxies forming in the early universe along the filaments and knots of the “cosmic web.”


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