Neutron Star Collision

This movie shows the results of a supercomputer simulation of what might happen when two neutron stars in a binary system collide.

By the time they hit each other, they're traveling at nearly the speed of light, and orbit each other a thousand times a second.

According to the calculations, the two neutron stars merge together in less than a hundredth of a second and release more energy during that time than our Sun would in ten billion years.

---Video originally created by NASA

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• neutron
• star
• collision
• space
• astronomy
• black

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

people are not stars

stars are fluid objects with enormous masses. thos both stars actually would circle each other. Remember every neutronstar has the size of Manhattan, and in that dimension a full turn would be with about 100000 km/h or more.

that are enormous speeds and cenrivugal forces pulling the stars appart, combined with the immense pull of each others gravity.

[MrSheen95]

Stop lying to people. Change the Title to "The Conception of Chuck Norris"

[GaldonEyeStudios]

I thought this was a muse video.

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

@primeguy84

must be coz it's true :)

disprove me if you can.

till then, i have to say that your comment is something like... the most stupid thing i've ever read.

It has nothing to contribute to the discussion, as i made the comment, and is nothing more than an insult.

so well - yes, you have to feel stupid for making it :)

maybe you want to apologize and feel less stupid, but i guess that doesn't go well with your point of view of yourself in this universe ;D

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

@luigishotu

and what exactly are you telling me that i didn't already know, or put into my thinking while writing that post you refer to?

pls, don't try to be smartass when you actually don't have much to tell.

[luigishotu]

@JheakrynaKyAlur think about the massive density that neutron stars specifically have: 1 cubic cm with the equivalent mass to that of Manhattan, resulting in immense gravitational forces overpowering that you talked about. That is what holds them together to fuse. Neutron stars are remains of stars that died and would have been BLACKHOLES if the star was big enough, not in these cases however.

[MegaBEANER1000]

@superwarrior15 Only if there combined mass's results in a gravitation pull exceeding that of light

[Viking445]

@Warlias97 my guess would be a magnatar type event.

[accountmaniac]

it looks like cell division in reverse kinda.

[brantc]

There is an Earth, Wind and Fire song that is about this sim. Fantasy. Whooooo, whooooo.

[dayoflords]

interesting, what about the relatavistic effects would this cause the collision to take much longer to someone on earth. In theory is it possible that they would never quite join together due to time dilation