Neutron Star Merger Simulation with Gravitational Wave Audio

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This simulation tracks the gravitational wave and density changes as two orbiting neutron stars crash together. Dark purple colors represent the lowest densities, while yellow-white shows the highest. An audible tone and a visual frequency scale (at left) track the steady rise in the frequency of gravitational waves as the neutron stars close. When the objects merge at 42 seconds, the gravitational waves suddenly jump to frequencies of thousands of hertz and bounce between two primary tones (quasiperiodic oscillations, or QPOs). The presence of these signals in such simulations led to the search and discovery of similar phenomena in the light emitted by short gamma-ray bursts.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and STAG Research Centre/Peter Hammond

Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle) - Lead Producer
Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park) - Lead Science Writer
Peter Hammond (University of Southampton) - Lead Visualizer

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That much happens in just 0.385 seconds! Even if we, humans, were able to "hear" gravitational waves. We could not ever experience this! Amazing!

bibeklalkarn
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For some reason, this looks like they’re spinning faster when you’re not looking directly at it.

dankirby
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I always knew that space sounded like Star Trek TOS

iamdmc
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That was a pretty crazy sequence of pulses

csvscs
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Neutron star: OIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOI

fabianprocruzpeo
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It’d be cool to see this in real time. Yea I know it’d only last half a second and you wouldn’t be able to make out much of what happened, but what you could gleam from it could still be pretty cool!

oberonpanopticon
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That was really cool. And I think I’ve heard this before.

StopListenThink
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"WOOP WOOP WOOP
- dense star nugget

Flesh_Wizard
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Jesus, all that in not even 600 milliseconds

ptsful
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Excellent! However, how about adding orbital speed as X-axis?

kincho
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This diagram speaks facts, like alot of facts. I need to look into this a bit.

I-temporary-bliss-state
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I love how it speeds up when you are not looking at it

SpinningSpheres
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Me: WHAT IS MY TEACUP DOING
*10 seconds later*
Me: Oh...

Chess_FunnyMoments
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Is this of 9th January around 9pm of +5.45time jone

shankarsharma
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my dogs did not like this as much as i did🧐

burningchrome
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At first, I literally thought some sparrows were chirping outside.

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