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Ridiculously Distant Galaxies Found by JWST Have Now Been Proven To Be Something Else

2026-05-23 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a discovery by JWST that we thought was a super distant galaxy but was actually something else entirely Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.23668v1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capotauro Previous videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPluyz8bY8o https://youtu.be/XxeFWmM85GU #science #jameswebb #jameswebbspacetelescope 0:00 Solving a JWST mystery of super far objects 1:20 How we find these objects - the dropout method 2:30 Capotauro and other candidates that made no sense 3:30 Bullet cluster discovery that solves the mystery 5:21 What is it then? 7:20 How did astronomers get this wrong? How to avoid this in the future? 9:40 Conclusions and implications Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com CactiStaccingCrane CC BY sA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-cool_dwarf#/media/File:The_Sun_and_TRAPPIST-1.jpg Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@tiberiusgracchus4222 2026-05-24

Brown dwarfs are known to photobomb. It's theorized that this behavior is the result of resentment stemming from their failure to become stars.

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@TheSwegBucket 2026-05-24

"how could they get this wrong" To be fair it's like 20 pixels

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@dread10ck 2026-05-24

The long-ish wait is basically the difference between how science is done - working towards conclusions vs. how news and YT channels are set up to deliver information - headlines first. Keep up the good work, Anton.

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@toasty.macnickels 2026-05-23

I've been waiting for this shoe to drop ever since these apparently distant galaxies were detected.

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@sueferreira937 2026-05-24

Anton - thank you for your dedication. Speaking for myself and likely 1.6 million others, our knowledge and lives are so much richer and wiser thanks to you.

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@combatflowarts 2026-05-24

Im so happy to see you at 1.6 mil subscribers. I remember when i joined it was 30,000-something. You definitely deserve it.

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@PowerScissor 2026-05-23

Ah Cuckoo stars, who evolved to emulate the look of a galaxy because it was more energy efficient than actually becoming a galaxy themselves.

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@averageuser114 2026-05-24

First the bite of 87, now the redshift of 32

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@Sanquinity 2026-05-23

It's disappointing that they turned out to be something "mundane" (relative to what they first thought it was) as brown dwarfs. But at the same time, it's really cool they're able to detect very distant brown dwarfs. :)

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@georgesealy4706 2026-05-25

Thanks, Anton. You are a real person. I refuse to watch the numerous AI physics videos flooding YT.

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