New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- Researchers in Japan and Spain have created the first simulation of the Milky Way. It can track more than 100 billion stars over a period of 10,000 years. It combines deep learning with high-resolution physics.

The researchers are led by Keiya Hirashima. The study was done at the RIKEN Centre for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in Japan. They worked with partners from the University of Tokyo and Universitat de Barcelona in Spain, according to ANI.

Scientists have long struggled to model a galaxy as large as the Milky Way with enough detail to track single stars. Existing simulations can handle systems equal to about one billion suns. Yet, it falls far short of the Milky Way's more t...