Neutron Star Merger Simulation with Gravitational Wave Audio

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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[@bibeklalkarn3494]

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

[@Zenovarse]

You would just hear a bloop

[@YakumonThurston]

true@@Zenovarse

[@PapaSkyRooster]

@@Zenovarsethat what two black holes colliding sounds like

[@Cardioid2035]

Those stars said WEEUUUWEUWEUUEIEIWEEIWIWIWEEIIIIU

[@user-dt1gm3ut8i]

After ..........ooooooOOOOOOO

[@CaptainUnderytp]

Sound s like México eas alarm

[@JoeMamaRobloxYt]

Wowowowowowwoowoowoo

[@Featherfamilyrainbow]

0:42 YEAH I DIED WHILE LAUGHING💀

[@AMig-ht8nw]

"Those" ? Its plural

[@dankirby5420]

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

[@petterlarsson7257]

i agree

[@Zenovarse]

Haha true

[@ligondesenuts769]

They are spinning very fast. This is just a slowed down simulation

[@GardenOfUna]

did you just discover a new optical illusion

[@matth-mw3mt]

@@ligondesenuts769did you read it properly

[@fabianprocruzpeo8289]

Neutron star: OIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOI

[@csvscs]

That was a pretty crazy sequence of pulses

[@iamdmc]

I always knew that space sounded like Star Trek TOS

[@William-afton424]

?

[@Animation_neo]

@@William-afton424what?

[@michawandzel4046]

You mean OST?

[@EEEEEEEEE3]

You mean OST? tos stands for terms of service

[@michawandzel4046]

@@EEEEEEEEE3 Oh Thanks, I still learning english and I never see this term before

[@weegiewarbler]

That certainly upset my tinnitus.

[@William-afton424]

?

[@billcarruth8122]

If you weren't joking, try playing it in reverse to see if it soothes tinnitus.

[@oberonpanopticon]

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!

[@StopListenThink]

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

[@Flesh_Wizard]

"WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOOOOOOOOOOO" - dense star nugget

[@isaiasatitegustaelwinnie666]

Amazing 👍

[@olorin4317]

So cool.

[@Itadoriaesm]

0:42 goofy ahh sound effect

[@WanaArdi]

So amazing!!!

[@createpositivespace]

Lovely

[@kin0cho]

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

[@ptsful]

Jesus, all that in not even 600 milliseconds

[@IndianMusic.shorts]

What a astronomical music ❤️

[@I1-temporary-bliss-state]

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

[@lukeskywalker6941]

Maravilloso sin duda

[@nexia5]

Tea is ready

[@SpinningSpheres]

I love how it speeds up when you are not looking at it

[@matheuscosta4397]

Thank god sound is a wave

[@laurencevanhelsuwe3052]

Synthesizer people will love this

[@DXM-]

Crazy gravitational wave oscillation

[@johnphillips7444]

Wow, that really kept ringing.

[@iamanexplosive]

why is this actually hilarous

[@pak7524]

I love space simulation

[@TeddyKrimsony]

sounds like 1980s console games

[@BlueBerrifr]

Bro went waka waka after that.

[@Rmm1722]

cool

[@psyradiomusic]

What a sound

[@user-vr5ee9zd2z]

0:41 oooOOOOAAAAAAAAA

[@Chess_FunnyMoments]

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

[@burningchrome8622]

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

[@zanedobler]

Ah, my tea’s ready

[@roidroid]

Haha exotic matter go woowoowoowoowoowoo

[@swetagupta3604]

Me at my exam. My brain: WAAAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAA

[@MrYellowAndYacello]

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

[@Xbobb2011]

sick beat bro

[@Flesh_Wizard]

gravitational wave type beat 🔥🔥🔥

[@powerful_serfur3923]

Woah

[@PotatoFaceBunny]

neutron star screaming

[@FlameForgedSoul]

...cosmic.

[@KartikPatel-nt4ff]

😅😅😅well information good show 😅😅

[@shankarsharma1011]

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

[@ManBeyondWorld]

Tweet

[@user-dm8zi1vu4w]

Didn’t know neutron stars are kettles

[@user-cu9ww9tj4i]

확실한건 저 안에서 일어나는 복잡계는 지구에서 발생하는 복잡도의 수억배가 될거라고 생각해요.

[@SnowTiger45]

Cool ... I think ! What was that again ? And if this all took place over 500+ milliseconds, how long is that in relation to something I might understand ?

[@loky9021]

500 millisecs is 5 seconds

[@Hermes_Agoraeus]

@@loky9021 500 milliseconds is 0.5 seconds.

[@gobgonson8053]

It happened in half a second. And it sounds like a slide whistle!

[@loky9021]

@@Hermes_Agoraeus oh yeah my bad

[@kagannasuhbeyoglu]

👍

[@amsalsiregar5692]

Why its spin so fast after merge?

[@Neuro_nActivation]

I didn't know there were birds in neutron stars

[@annaiza783]

💜

[@Rayman1971]

Phaser at one point!!

[@Joao-hr3dk]

How can one star go around another in such a short time?

[@kashifkhuhawar1644]

mission impossible 🌩📝💫

[@szimultan00]

謝謝

[@kadi34]

What is this app

[@momdadsxeviandmiwa7787]

Sounded like a whistle

[@MasterAkkadech]

Hollow Purple made:

[@AlanW]

gifs-that-end-too-soon

[@rowenanilo8127]

It turned into a galaxy

[@toxinketchup]

0:42 its crying because it feels violated

[@user-db7jo1fz8e]

Вау😍

[@illygah]

this reminds me of a door spring

[@Darkness_Black_hole_355]

Yeah

[@GlagmiyOfficial]

I thought that was a galaxy-

[@human_88501]

it sounds more like birds singing in those hot summer days

[@Kakyoin3337]

Yayayayayayayayayayyayayayayay

[@kivosyk9504]

birds in space 👍

[@abedalla00082]

🚨

[@hadimythicalgamer]

They look like fireballs spinning around each other

[@judithnijr]

spinning fater 😵😵😵

[@VeryGoldenKTMRoblox]

it was so fast it seemed like it was slow

[@petterlarsson7257]

i wonder what it would look like if it was played in real time

[@petterlarsson7257]

And sound like

[@ligondesenuts769]

@@petterlarsson7257 There wouldnt be any sound because sound doesnt travel in space. These are gravitational waves converted into sound

[@Neuro_nActivation]

It would probably sound like a sonar or radar ping

[@wheshwhosh]

Start: mmmmmmmmmm Middle: kid screaming End: police siren

[@MarSyeesito]

El sonido 💀

[@thegamesquad5133]

0:45 tea is ready

[@jennyfisher3765]

Bro really said 🐥

[@Qottawawaya]

It looks like a galaxy

[@Green-tc8tw]

In my pressure or became a new neutron star

[@lucianobernardodiasbernard5942]

🎆🌅🌌

[@rotten-Z]

Explanation, please

[@nattapolpunpaen2539]

สวัสดีครับ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Unknowntrashcan]

0:47 kettle sounds

[@ahagoot2017]

Cosmic scale pressure cooker

[@Darkness_Black_hole_355]

Sound

[@nelsonreyes4704]

Ain’t no way it actually that short in real time 💀

[@sigisoltau6073]

In real time that be over in under 1 second.

[@SpacetureXrus]

Это галактика?

[@ghillartin1221]

Uwh!

[@LifeLOfEricGaming]

Sounds like when I mess with my zipper

[@gooduser-huzzahwow]

0:43

[@xinguan2681]

It kinda sounded like a cross between a Car alarm and a Boiling kettle

[@eriontao4593]

1:16 my ears 💀💩

[@Noobie_shorts]

1:24 WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAAAWAAAWAWAWAUWAUWAUWUAWU

[@therobloxiantiktoker]

Space sounds like pacman

[@super1random]

0:45 Kettle of boiling water

[@kyriebatobato5413]

0:42 ufo sound or alien sound💀

[@michaeldreemurrandhisaus2165]

1:20 boing

[@user-ih7jd6or3h]

Ending be like a crying baby

[@Generaika]

So many assumptions, highly unlikely