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🌌 Magnetar Starquake & Spin Glitch

Watch a magnetar's rotation period slowly lengthen under magnetic braking, then trigger a starquake: the crust fractures, a gamma-ray flare erupts, and the spin rate suddenly jumps before partially relaxing back toward its pre-glitch trend.

Space & Astronomy3DModerate60 FPS⚡ Plasma

Details

CategorySpace & Astronomy

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsTrigger a starquake on demand or let auto starquakes fire from accumulated crustal stress; sliders for magnetic braking rate, simulated time speed and crust stiffness. Live readouts for rotation period, glitch magnitude (Δp/p), time since last starquake and a cumulative event log.

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⚙ Under the hood

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install