Snapshots from inside an exploding Star / New Scientist

"Physicists at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago have used the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer to model the extreme physics of a supernova explosion." NewScientist.

Take a look at those amazing 3D models of prospective astronomy! http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/visualisingsupernova
Images: Hongfeng Yu / DOE NNSA ASC / Alliance Flash Center / Argonne National Laboratory /

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