Map of the Cosmic Web Generated from Slime Mould Algorithm (IMAGE)

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Map of the Cosmic Web Generated from Slime Mould Algorithm

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Astronomers have designed a computer algorithm, inspired by slime mould behavior, and tested it against a computer simulation of the growth of dark matter filaments in the Universe. The researchers then applied the slime mould algorithm to data containing the locations of over 37 000 galaxies mapped by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The algorithm produced a three-dimensional map of the underlying cosmic web structure.

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NASA, ESA, and J. Burchett and O. Elek (UC Santa Cruz)

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