Astronomers Use Distributed Supercomputer to Reconstruct Ancient Dwarf Galaxy
Using the 1.5 PetaFLOPS MilkyWay@home distributed supercomputer, astronomers have calculated the original mass and size of a dwarf galaxy that was shredded in a collision with our own Milky Way Galaxy several billions of years ago. An artist’s impression of a dwarf galaxy. Image credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A few dozen dwarf galaxies are known to orbit around our Milky Way Galaxy. Over...