A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

Astrophysicists are using the simulation to learn how stars form, how they arrange themselves into galaxies, and how the heavy elements that are vital to complex life are forged.

It's python (and python is awesome). Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Completely transparent - in that it only does what you tell it to do and you have control over the physics.

"One of the key goals of these simulations was to generate a large dataset to explore the physics of star formation. Each model has around 3,000 single images spread out over a time period of 60 days.