The Insane Science of Neutron Stars [4K]

In the late 1960s, a series of anomalous, repeating radio sources began cropping up all over the Milky Way galaxy, and though initially speculated to be messages from aliens, we soon learned that they are Pulsars, a rapidly rotating neutron star emitting high volumes of radiation. In this video, we will revisit these extreme, dense objects, as the final gateway faced by matter before it collapses into a black hole. This is the insane science of neutron stars.

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- Sleep for Wellness (Storyblocks)
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FOOTAGE:
The space scenes in this video were captured using SpaceEngine Pro, a virtual universe simulator

Stock footage and graphic sequences were provided by Storyblocks Media:

Many infographic sequences were provided by NASA, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visualisation Studio:

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- 9 Types of Neutron Stars:
- Massive Magnetic Helium Star August 2023
- Xiao-LiZhang, Yong-Feng Huang and Ze-Cheng Zou, "Recent Progresses In Strange Quark Stars"

CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Crab Nebula
1:55 How is a Neutron Star Formed?
7:24 Radio Pulsars
11:18 X-Ray Binary Pulsars
13:24 Millisecond Pulsars
16:51 Magnetars
20:42 Starquakes
23:49 When Neutron Stars Collide
29:09 Quark Stars
32:23 Strange Stars
36:03 Thorne-Zytkow Objects

The Insane Power of Pulsars, The Power of Pulsars, the Power of Neutron Stars
M1, Crab Nebula, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Supernova, Gamma-Ray Burst, GRB,
Pulsar, Radio Pulsar, X-Ray Pulsar, Binary System, X-Ray Binary, Binary Neutron Stars, Accretion, Accretion-Powered Pulsars, Millisecond Pulsars, Recycled Pulsars, Magnetars
Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters, Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars, Starquake, Kilonova, Chemical Kitchen
TOV Limit, Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Limit, Solar Masses
Quark Star, Free Quarks, Up Quarks, Down Quarks, Quark Matter, Quark-Gluon plasma, Strange Quark Matter, Strange Matter, Strange Star, Strangelet
Thorne-Żytkow Object, Hybrid Star, Zyktow

[Beef]

YouTube is littered with videos about neutron stars and their variants, but only SEA can has the production quality necessary to adequately portray the utter lunacy that these stellar objects are.

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[mogensschultzruhoff]

There is something unnerving, yet marvelous, about the sound of that pulsar at the end of the video; Like the heartbeat of a gigantic monster lurking in the darkness of Space, just waiting to pounce and rip you to pieces in its tremendous magnetic field or gravitational pull (if the gamma or X-rays doesn't get you first). Neutron stars are truely some of the most terrifying and fascinating objects in the Universe! Great video, as always.

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Your videos are simultaneously fascinating, informative, and terrifying. I look forward to revisiting this on my SEA playlist many times.

[Nartinan]

Man, you exceeded yourself once again, this may be my new favourite episode. Neutron stars used to just be bright dense balls in my mind. This documentary answered every question I might have had and so many more on top. Narration and sound design are of course excellent. But as a computer graphics researcher I appreciated the visualisations the most. I'm really interested how they are made.

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[anywallsocket]

16:52 “Ungodly” is the only correct way to describe Magnetars. They are leagues beyond casual compression.

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I'm always up for a nice plate of nuclear pasta. Thanks for the great content, as always!

[malectric]

Best talk about neutron stars I've seen to date - by a country mile. Mind-blowing to say the least.

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