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🌌 Galaxy Collision Merger (2D): Barnes-Hut Tidal Tails and Dynamical Friction

Top-down 2D galaxy collision with a Barnes-Hut N-body solver, live dark-matter halos, tidal tails, dynamical friction and Blender-rendered galaxy discs.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 3D version
Galaxy Collision Merger (2D): Barnes-Hut Tidal Tails and Dynamical Friction ↗ Open standalone
⚙ Under the hood

Top-down 2D galaxy merger with Barnes-Hut N-body gravity, live halos, tidal tails, dynamical friction, an ideal Kepler orbit overlay and live numerical checks.

Galaxy CollisionN-bodyBarnes-HutTidal TailsDynamical FrictionGalaxy Merger

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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