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First Ever Brown Dwarf Pair That Is Transforming Into Something Else

2026-03-25 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 strange brown dwarf binary that's transforming in real time Links: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae486e/pdf https://keckobservatory.org/brown-dwarf/ https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/542/2/656/8155088 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08064-x Previous videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1blDSD3giU youtube.com/watch?v=12Tf5Ed5Ie8&t=161 #browndwarf #astronomy #milkyway 0:00 Brown dwarf updates - strange new binary 1:15 What is a brown dwarf though? 2:40 Strange binary 1000 light years away 4:55 Implications on star evolution 6:10 Is this more common than we thought? 7:47 4 objects? 8:35 Paradigm shift in understanding brown dwarfs - conclusions 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 Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@Nebarus 2026-03-25

Just like Anton, that started as a human and transformed into a science star :)

161 17 replies
@jamesmcdonald3054 2026-03-25

"Super massive brown dwarf..." Gimli resents that.

108 12 replies
@josephmartin1540 2026-03-24

“I just want to be a REAL star!”

82 6 replies
@remotepinecone 2026-03-26

"super massive brown dwarf" also the most offensive slur ever.

54 5 replies
@snagletoothscott3729 2026-03-25

Brown dwarves, the dingleberries of space

45 11 replies
@MrPapamaci88 2026-03-25

As soon as they merge: "The merging is complete." "Power overwhelming!" 🤣

37 1 replies
@a.westenholz4032 2026-03-26

"The Little Brown Dwarf That Could"- the next level version of the children's' story coming out in bookstores near you.

27 2 replies
@kitwalker520 2026-03-26

I babysit twin brown dwarfs - their orbits collide frequently

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@89qwyg9yqa34t 2026-03-26

Slightly bigger brown dwarf: "Just a few more billion of these and I'll get to be a black hole!"

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@BusterNoggins 2026-03-25

They don't like being called Dwarfs, they prefer little brown stars.

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