Video from the IllustrisTNG project. [ Ссылка ]
Formation of an "early-type", quiescent elliptical galaxy: an individual galaxy is tracked through time, and its stellar light is shown in a 1 mega-parsec region. Between the start of the movie at high redshift and the end at z=0 (present day), this massive "red-and-dead" galaxy experiences a large number of galaxy mergers which bring in stars and other material, building up the final spheroidal morphology.
The Illustris TNG project is an ongoing series of large, cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation. The project as a whole is led by Volker Springel at HITS, in collaboration with researchers at MPIA, MPA, Harvard, MIT, and CCA.
Thanks to the Illustris Team for making these awesome videos publicly available!
