Neutron stars collide

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Animation: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

[IsleOfFeldspar]

So if the combined mass is under a certain limit you get a bigger neutron star. If over; a black hole results.

[ShamanDimitryus]

This just became my favorite video on YouTube.

[dhruvprisha]

0:15 that is beautiful cloud looking xD

[gregorycollins]

So does the intro song have name because it sounds awesome

[edstevens]

I wanted to hear the actual sound. It's lovely

[sundrop]

6 years later and this is still the best video

[rouser]

Some sort of explanation presented as narration might have been handy during the vid?

[Ob]

I saw this happen when I was at my grandparents house everyone was sleeping and I was at the balcony looking at stars and then I saw this I wanted to wake everyone up but I didn't 🙂

[gaminglion]

This is how it sounds like. *big clap*

[dukejordan]

"Hahaha You Flinched!"

What bro was about to throw at me:

[youtudearis]

The song makes this amazing. Does anyone know the source??

[supahflict]

Maybe this is a miniature model of how our universe came to be

[journeywithin]

Wow! Gravity waves must travel a the speed of light too! Busted!

[Someone-crcj]

Questions:1. is that going to kill us?
2.That happened 130 million years ago?
3.Is the scene that you showed us at the start animated or real?

[sreekiee]

Can we use this footage in our videos without any copyright issues?

[Philiopantheon]

Its like when Goku mastering ultra instinct and Jiren going full strength colliding with him

[EuroNewsOppositionexit]

i am thinking how many other people saw that around the milkyway