Neutron star merger animation ending with kilonova explosion

This artist’s impression video shows how two tiny but very dense neutron stars merge and explode as a kilonova. Such a very rare event is expected to produce both gravitational waves and a short gamma-ray burst, both of which were observed on 17 August 2017 by LIGO–Virgo and Fermi/INTEGRAL respectively. Subsequent detailed observations with many ESO telescopes have confirmed that this object, seen in the galaxy NGC 4993 about 130 million light-years from the Earth, is indeed a kilonova. Such objects are the main source of very heavy chemical elements, such as gold and platinum in the Universe.

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[yaaassbitch]

I could watch it for hours honestly this is soo beautiful!

[RUIBRITO]

nice song and animation...such a beatiful Kilonova!

[Lajmi_Dehmani]

sun : *dies*

cameramen : i wasn't recording can you do that again

sun : ok !!

[helldronez]

omg its so beautiful its like 2 people dancing and merge into one

[General_Popo]

0:27 When you check your phone at night and the screen brightness is on full

[jazminmorales]

Two neutron stars merging is the birth of a black hole and the kilonova creates gold

[almightyunicron]

WTF IS KILONOVA? WHY'S NOT MILENOVA?

[karlthemel]

If the merger liberates enormous amounts of neutrons and heavy elements form by neutron capture, can you find super-heavy elements by spectroscopy near the kilonova, that are not known on Earth? Please find out and dissipate the information. Thank you very much for the video.
Sincerely,
Karl Themel

[michaelanderson]

Lots of elements and compounds are made in kilo nova 💥

[LangLebeDasKaisertumOestereich]

This was more bright then when i set discord into white mode.

[SODIUM]

It should make a black hole. Because they will form a singularity after coliding with eachother.

[ENikolaev]

I strongly disagree with how perfectly well the stars each keep shape while their velocity increases, seemingly exponentially, as the distance between them gets smaller and smaller. Would they not experience any loss or transfer of visible matter at least from the outer most shell just prior to the collision? I understand the density of neutron stars is unimaginable, but with that density brings equally unfathomable gravitational affects. I hope I’m wrong and this is truly a 100% accurate representation, but I have doubts and just really want to see an accurate model.

[JungleJargon]

While most people worry about where the heavy elements originate from, relativity is no longer just a theory. It is now observed. We have many observations of time dilation due to gravity and now we can confirm having observed distance dilation due to gravity and only just now having been validated by the visible light of a kilanova. Relativity is here to stay. It's not just a theory anymore. Relativity is science fact.

[hcbgynd]

لقد شاهدت مثل هذا الاندماج بعيني بعد منتصف الليل قبل 14 عام في سوريا 🇸🇾

[JordanBeagle]

Today I heard the term kilonova for the first time

[onenessconsciousness]

Very Beautiful - God Bless you for this ✨

[STKofc]

The most insane battle of animes be like:

[sreekiee]

Can we use this footage in our video without copyright claims?

[NOT-That_ONEgirl]

Can I have the rights to use this video in my video I will give you guys credit in the description

[georgehunter]

Our universe probably began as the merger of two super massive black holes left over from a previous epoc in the manner of the neutron star collision merger shown here.