Considering a body as incredibly tightly gravitationally bound as a neutron star (violent flares might erupt as high as 1 cm), it is staggering that it's still possible to tear it completely apart: the tidal forces of a black hole.
Inspired by the unrealistic Youtube video. The objects should be orbiting around a common center of mass.
Are the tidal forces in neutron star mergers sufficient to tear them apart? What deformation do the stars undergo moments before merging? (There's another Youtube video.)
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