In the first video by Volker Springel, you see the collision and merging of two galaxies. The simulation follows dark matter, gas, and a stellar component, but only the baryonic component is visualized.
Colliding Galaxies
The next image by Volker Springel shows structure formation in the gaseous component of the Universe, in a simulation box 100 Mpc/h on a side. From left to right: redshift z=6, z=2, and z=0. z=0 corresponds to NOW. Formed stellar material is shown in yellow.
Here is a new Hubble photo of the interacting pair Arp 87. Compare with the simulation video!
Caption: Two galaxies perform an intricate dance in this new Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxies, containing a vast number of stars, swing past each other in a graceful performance choreographed by gravity. The pair, known collectively as Arp 87, is one of hundreds of interacting and merging galaxies known in our nearby universe.
Arp 87 is in the constellation Leo, the Lion, approximately 300 million light-years away from Earth. These observations were taken in February 2007 with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.
From
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... s/2007/36/
Structure Formation in the Universe (gaseous component)
Finally, an animation of the
dark matter substructure in a cluster at redshift z=0.
Dark Matter Substructure in a Cluster at z=0
Enjoy,
Fridger