🌌 Galaxy Collision & Tidal Tails

Gravitational N-body astrophysical simulation. Watch two disk galaxies collide as differential tidal forces eject long parabolic stellar bridges and tails.

DRAG CORE TO INTERACTIVELY GUIDE FLIGHT PATH Epoch: T = +45 Myr (Periastron Passage)

Relative Infall Velocity 240 km/s

Impact Parameter (Pericenter) 35 kpc

500 Active Star Particles