Map Of The Universe: The First Full Model Created With Einstein's Theory Of Relativity

A model of the universe in its entirety has reportedly been created for the first time by an international team of scientists with the help of Einstein's full theory of relativity. Until now, researchers were not able to model the universe due to the complexity of the theory, even though the theory itself was developed about 100 years ago.

The most detailed model of the universe: Scientists map our 'lumpy' cosmos using Einstein's theory of relativity https://t.co/Q6P1TFUmlk

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The international research team managed to create two computer models that together generated the most precise simulations of the galaxies on the computer. In fact, it is the first instance when Einstein's theory of relativity has been applied this way. Incidentally, the theory of relativity explains how gravity rises from the curvature of time and space.

"Over the next decade we expect a deluge of new data coming from next generation galaxy surveys, which use extremely powerful satellites and telescopes to obtain high precision measurements of cosmological parameters," said Dr Marco Bruni, astrophysicist at Portsmouth University. "These new computer codes apply general relativity in full and aim precisely at this high level of accuracy, they should become the benchmark for any work that makes simplifying assumptions".

The researching team found that disturbances in the universe reached a turnaround point and collapsed much before it was predicted by approximate models. Furthermore, matter which is uniformly distributed produced local differences in the rate of expansion of an evolving universe. Such an occurrence deviated from the earlier predicted behavior under space and time approximations.

The scientists constructed the computer models in an attempt to analyze whether small scale structures in the Universe have impacts on larger distance scales. For instance, black holes can produce ripples across space and time. According to reports, the models should also give more accuracy to occurrences as gravitational lensing. The researchers feel that the development of the computer models is exciting as it can help cosmologists in the creation of the most precise model of the universe.