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Cosmic simulations

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With the help of supercomputers, scientists are now able to create models of large-scale astronomical events.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 55, Issue 8
          August 2012
          105 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2240236
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