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Article: 'Cosmic Collisions' Space Show Highlights Simulations at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
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- May 10, 2006
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Byline: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
PITTSBURGH, May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists relied on NSF TeraGrid computing resources at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to create the finale of a thrilling new planetarium show for the American Museum of Natural History.
"Two spiral galaxies, spinning like jeweled spiders, approach, flow through each other, separate as arms of stars flow gracefully akimbo and then draw together again in a double-yoked embrace. ..."
This poetic prose in the New York Times (by science writer Dennis Overbye) describes the grand finale of "Cosmic Collisions," a space show now playing at the American Museum of ...