I'm fascinated by the distinct types of structures that gravity and other forces create at such large scales. The really zoomed-out views of the universe remin

I'm fascinated by the distinct types of structures that gravity and other forces create at such large scales. The really zoomed-out views of the universe remind me of neurons in a microscopic view of the brain. When I was researching this stuff last year, I tried to use the Millenium Simulation (the world's largest n-body simulation at the time, 2 billion cubic light-years) to visualize this effect using webgl, but wasn't quite satisfied with the result [1]. Thanks to Illustris I've found out that one of the researchers on the project has created several excellent visualizations that seem to use some of the techniques from the larger simulation. They are worth taking a look if you're interested in visualization/simulation or how galaxies form [2]. [1] http://www.asterank.com/galaxies/ http://www.asterank.com/galaxies/ [2] https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dnelson/#tab-5 https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dnelson/#tab-5