What If a Magnetar Collided With a Black Hole?

In the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole feeding on nearby stars. It's called Sagittarius A*. And if a giant gravitational monster slowly eating the galaxy isn't terrifying enough, there is another cosmic monstrosity lurking around it. Could they, one day, come a little too close and collapse on each other? What would be left of the Milky Way if they did? Would there be even a slight chance that the Earth could get out of that safely?

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[AK-tcwq]

Plot twist :-
They have already collided we just need to wait for the waves to hit earth.

[hanro]

Sagittarius - villain
Magnetar- hero
Milky way - victims

[atklm]

"What If a Magnetar Collided With a Black Hole?" Same thing happens as when anything else collides with a black hole.

[hereLiesThisTroper]

Magnetar; who are you?
Black Hole: I am you but stronger.

[duchi]

Plot Twist:
They'll just do the Fusion Dance

[JamPuppers]

I didn't even know a "Magnetar" existed before this vid... 🤣

[praveendehariya]

can we take a moment and appreciate the job done by the editors and graphic designers for making all these??

[betaorionis]

I have an idea,
"What if The Milky Way was a satellite galaxy?"
Its just a thought. Keep scrolling down.

[filippovonroth]

What if: There's alien life but we're the most evolved and the only one trying to find others?

[bozo]

*“Let me refresh your knowledge on Magnetars”*
Lmao I didn’t even know they were a thing

[Vantud]

Channel should rename into "Different ways to die" xD

[familyispowerful]

The fact that “what if” really be putting questions in my head is crazy bruh I never thought of the question til I saw the notif for the video

[VSAoffical]

What if " What if " didn't exist
Me : we would not be scared from Universe

[dominik-bbmz]

A magnetar can be formed, when two neutron stars collide with each other. In some cases, the star is so heavy and massive, that it can form one immediately.

[ctrl_audio]

Magnetars: Your weak...

Neutron stars: Im you!

[manoajr]

Science Apart... We are addicted to the "WHAT IF GUY" explaining things.. Keep "WHAT IF"ing as we can't withdraw..

Lots of Love from India

[general]

I know this will probably get lost in the comments below, but sometimes when i'm home alone i like to go out in my garden and cover myself with dirt and pretend I'm a carrot.

[zebrion]

In the sentence "What would happen if a black hole and <insert anything else in existence> collided?" the result is always the same. The black hole wins. If it's two black holes, the more massive one wins. As far as we know, there are no exceptions. Black holes are what you get when you divide by zero.

[Pixelfy]

This channel deserves more subs and views than it gets

[saptarshipaulchoudhury]

Magnetar : I'm King of universe
Black hole : hold my beer