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

[@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

[@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

[@Cardioid2035]

Those stars said WEEUUUWEUWEUUEIEIWEEIWIWIWEEIIIIU

[@user-dt1gm3ut8i]

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

[@CaptainUnderytp]

Sound s like México eas alarm

[@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.

[@fabianprocruzpeo8289]

Neutron star: OIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOI

[@StopListenThink]

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

[@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!

[@isaiasatitegustaelwinnie666]

Amazing 👍

[@olorin4317]

So cool.

[@WanaArdi]

So amazing!!!

[@lukeskywalker6941]

Maravilloso sin duda

[@createpositivespace]

Lovely

[@ptsful]

Jesus, all that in not even 600 milliseconds

[@kin0cho]

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

[@IndianMusic.shorts]

What a astronomical music ❤️

[@DXM-]

Crazy gravitational wave oscillation

[@johnphillips7444]

Wow, that really kept ringing.

[@nexia5]

Tea is ready

[@I1-temporary-bliss-state]

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

[@Xbobb2011]

sick beat bro

[@SpinningSpheres]

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

[@pak7524]

I love space simulation

[@iamanexplosive]

why is this actually hilarous

[@laurencevanhelsuwe3052]

Synthesizer people will love this

[@mikeoxmall69420]

"WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOOOOOOOOOOO" - dense star nugget

[@TeddyKrimsony]

sounds like 1980s console games

[@Rayman1971]

Phaser at one point!!

[@psyradiomusic]

What a sound

[@Rmm1722]

cool

[@PotatoFaceBunny]

neutron star screaming

[@szimultan00]

謝謝

[@powerful_serfur3923]

Woah

[@kashifkhuhawar1644]

mission impossible 🌩📝💫

[@zanedobler]

Ah, my tea’s ready

[@marinatraina882]

1:02 Collision

[@roidroid]

Haha exotic matter go woowoowoowoowoowoo

[@annaiza783]

💜

[@FlameForgedSoul]

...cosmic.

[@MasterAkkadech]

Hollow Purple made:

[@Itadoriaesm]

0:42 goofy ahh sound effect

[@illygah]

this reminds me of a door spring

[@kagannasuhbeyoglu]

👍

[@burningchrome8622]

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

[@shankarsharma1011]

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

[@user-vr5ee9zd2z]

0:41 oooOOOOAAAAAAAAA

[@Neuro_nActivation]

I didn't know there were birds in neutron stars

[@ManBeyondWorld]

Tweet

[@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

[@human_88501]

it sounds more like birds singing in those hot summer days

[@rowenanilo8127]

It turned into a galaxy

[@wheshwhosh]

Start: mmmmmmmmmm Middle: kid screaming End: police siren

[@AlanW]

gifs-that-end-too-soon

[@titantvman746]

Yeah

[@swetagupta3604]

Me at my exam. My brain: WAAAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAOUWAAAAAAAAA

[@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

[@jennyfisher3765]

Bro really said 🐥

[@kivosyk9504]

birds in space 👍

[@Green-tc8tw]

In my pressure or became a new neutron star

[@user-dm8zi1vu4w]

Didn’t know neutron stars are kettles

[@hadimythicalgamer]

They look like fireballs spinning around each other

[@QuotesQS]

It looks like a galaxy

[@Kakyoin3337]

Yayayayayayayayayayyayayayayay

[@thegamesquad5133]

0:45 tea is ready

[@Joao-hr3dk]

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

[@abedalla00082]

🚨

[@judithnijr]

spinning fater 😵😵😵

[@yababa7841]

0:43

[@xinguan2681]

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

[@amsalsiregar5692]

Why its spin so fast after merge?

[@AizenCalebPangilinan-grape]

It sounds like oscillars from music lab 0:42

[@titantvman746]

Sound

[@lucianobernardodiasbernard5942]

🎆🌅🌌

[@rotten-Z]

Explanation, please

[@nelsonreyes4704]

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

[@sigisoltau6073]

In real time that be over in under 1 second.

[@kyriebatobato5413]

0:42 ufo sound or alien sound💀

[@nattapolpunpaen2539]

สวัสดีครับ❤❤❤❤❤

[@toxinketchup]

0:42 its crying because it feels violated

[@CauaBatista-gb1ub]

Está criando uma galáxia não sei falar isso um buraco nele se formando 1:31

[@matthewgamingvr]

1:22 car alarm

[@LifeLOfEricGaming]

Sounds like when I mess with my zipper

[@ghillartin1221]

Uwh!

[@Noobie_shorts]

1:24 WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAAAWAAAWAWAWAUWAUWAUWUAWU

[@michaeldreemurrandhisaus2165]

1:20 boing

[@kadi34]

What is this app

[@yexela]

Frequency doesn't match

[@user-ot4qf3xy7p]

Sounds like a looneytunes theme

[@therobloxiantiktoker]

Space sounds like pacman

[@aphmauzane7912]

It is cool so stronger sound in just 330.7 second fastest real we heard supermassive so powerful solar system star Great

[@nasserpantao6771]

JGSE 865 IKH8

[@eriontao4593]

1:16 my ears 💀💩

[@user-ih7jd6or3h]

Ending be like a crying baby

[@Generaika]

So many assumptions, highly unlikely

[@josemarron8646]

wow what '?

[@LoganMakesVids]

𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕒 𝕒𝕥 0:41

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

Ha... they always act like they know everything.

[@danielnuri49]

At 500mlis i heard horse 😂😂ing

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

"Forbidden Planet".....anybody???

[@FinnishSAball325]

Sped up to x2 it’s just birds singing

[@fionabather8111]

This is us if he even cares