Collapse of a binary stellar system

Given the the great age of clusters, it was predicted that stars more massive than about 80% the mass of the Sun, the so-called turnoff mass, should have evolved to later stages of stellar life, ultimately "dying" off as a dim stellar remnant such as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole. Nevertheless, when one observes a globular cluster, a number of bluish main-sequence stars, more massive than the turnoff mass, are seen scattered throughout. These "blue stragglers" appear to 'straggle' behind in their evolution, since, despite being more massive than the turnoff mass, they have not yet left the main-sequence.

The calculations performed by Alexander Brown '09 and Lombardi help establish that these exotic blue stragglers can indeed be formed through the collision of garden-variety main-sequence stars in a cluster.

[peppermeat]

i like how both stars as soon as they bump into eachother they start emitting the orange cloud to intimidate

[guestive]

crazy how the stars have such massive gravity that they instantly regain their circle shapes

[Kotfluegel]

Super interesting how the stars convert the kinetic energy of their mutual orbits into blowing up their outer shells and rotational energy.

[ashtonlovellcubing]

And the merged star goes on to make a solar system of it's own...

[limo]

Adding that one interstellar theme makes this even better

[johnnyfreedom]

I have about five different videos from the Hubble telescope and now the James Webb Telescope. When politics gets too much I take a look at the whole picture and realize how insignificant we really are! The James Webb photographs are mind-blowing! So many galaxies!!

[rodolfonathanieljrangeles]

Nice simulation, it shows the formation of the sun.

[petterlarsson]

0:02 how did the stars turn around so quickly without instantly desintegrating

[zephyrwilson]

Reminds me of the relationship between Ying and Yang

[michimaster]

What is the name of that simulator to download it?

[nekto]

I'm curious when does this happen? Like what situations lead to this? 'Cause usually stars in a binary system just suck fuel one from another and then the "vampire" goes nova

[ProGamer_]

where do i get a simulation like yours?

[ngocbaovnn]

The thumbnail looks like a demon who was born with blue eyes

[Guysthatsanalien]

On the first collision I can’t tell if the stars got bigger or they just got a mini accretion disk

[milansr]

In 2X looks like X-60 or K-60 of my game

[Cat_picturelol]

LOOK A NEW GALAXY THATS TOO SMALL
The galaxy:

[matejsteinhauser]

Looks like Galaxy collision, Andromeda and Milky way

[brianbroyles]

It looked like a person in the thumbnail

[АндрейКарпов-мю]

Please more please about cosmos and astronomy. Add. Like all about space. All subscriptions about Space

[LetsPlayNintendoITA]

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