Recently, the "entire" universe has been recreated in an astounding simulation that chronicles 13 billion years of time, which is about 12 million years after the big bang.. This simulation was created and run by a highly advance state-of-the-art supercomputer. The section of the universe that was simulated was 330 billion light years across, which is equivalent to about 1.94x10^24 miles, an almost incomprehensible distance. The simulation was created by a group of scientists from MIT through a program called Illustris. Even though no one knows exactly how big the universe is or exactly how everything developed, this simulation is still an astonishing and groundbreaking achievement in the astronomy field.
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/supercomputers-simulate-the-universe-in-unprecedented-detail/
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