Blueprints of the Universe

This incredible simulation gives us an idea of what the Universe might look like on the largest scales. Stars form into galaxies, galaxies into clusters, and clusters into superclusters, which are represented by the brightest blue points. Between the clusters and superclusters exists the so-called "Cosmic Web", spindly filaments of galactic material and dark matter which stretch across the otherwise empty chasms.

Here, a fully spherical 360 x 180 degree Virtual Reality view from CLUES (Constrained Local UniversE Simulations) shows this large-scale structure running in all directions, allowing the viewer to see the very blueprints of the Universe in which we live.

Also see the fulldome version of this simulation.