[Interview] Simulating The Universe with Supercomputers

Supercomputer simulations of the Universe are a huge part of modern astronomy. In this interview with Dr Andrew Pontzen we discuss, how exactly are these simulations done, what's the future of this industry, how it will shape the James Webb era and is it possible that we live in a simulation after all. 📖 Andrew's book "The Universe In a Box": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669774/the-universe-in-a-box-by-andrew-pontzen/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:23 Supercomputers 07:02 History of simulations 10:30 How to simulate the Universe 21:50 "Impossible" galaxies by JWST 30:28 Large simulations of the Universe 36:30 How will the JWST era go 40:33 How tech will change simulations 43:43 Can we live in a simulation 49:40 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/FlM1A9QY_qU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)