It was crazy. So, supercomputers were starting to get deployed at massive scale in research facilities and government agencies and academia. And these supercomputers had enormous processing power, but there was no data infrastructure to really keep up with them.We set out to develop the technology that would power the supercomputers in order to enable these organizations to advance science in in a variety of applications and use cases. ...

Galaxy Formation & Evolution - The Milky Way contains over 100 billion stars [2] - The sun orbits the galactic center approximately every 200 million years [3] - Galaxies, including the Milky Way, formed and evolved over 138 billion years [9] - Computer simulations allow observation of a galaxy's evolution across billions of years [10] Key Ingredients & Processes - Hydrogen gas and stars are the two most important ingredients in a galaxy [12] - Gravity is the most important law of physics governing galaxy evolution [12] - Galaxies convert hydrogen gas into stars [14] - Supernova explosions, occurring about once per century in the Milky Way, shape galaxies [16] Origin & Implications for Life - The Milky Way was forged in chaos, evolving from many tiny galaxies [18] - Frequent supernova events in the early chaotic phase were not conducive to the emergence of life [22] - Supernova explosions create key elements for life, such as carbon, oxygen, and iron [23] - The Earth and the Sun formed 45 billion years ago after the Milky Way settled into its ordered state [21]