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Strong Evidence for a Previously Unknown Destroyed Planet in the Solar System

2026-06-09 Science & Technology
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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 missing destroyed planet in the solar system Links: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/06/01/rare-meteorite-provides-evidence-giant-early-planet DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120029 Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpTfXn-ff8Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8uFwm677k&vl=en #science #astronomy #solarsystem 0:00 Destroyed planet in the early solar system 1:25 Meteorite that reveals all of this 3:20 Strange crystals inside 4:20 What sort of a planet this was 5:40 Implications for planetary formation and other star systems 7:15 Hypothetical planets in the solar system: Phaethon, Planet Nine and Planet Five 8:40 Conclusions and implications 10:50 Einstein and Vulcan 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 John Kashuba Aaron Bell/CU Boulder A. Angelich / NRAO / AUI / NSF. Jon Taylor CC BY SA 2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angrite#/media/File:NWA_2999_meteorite,_angrite.jpg Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@11OBlitzO11 2026-06-10

This is honestly one of the best no nonsense science channels on YouTube. The diligence and consistency here is quite an achievement.

179 10 replies
@mrmadmaxalot 2026-06-10

I'm so old I remember when we had more than 8 planets.

147 35 replies
@brave_ulysses5958 2026-06-09

“Pressure at least 17 times higher than at the bottom of the Marinas Trench”, wow! Yeah, that’s a planet.

127 12 replies
@punditgi 2026-06-09

Anton always delivers the goods 👍

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@BeautifulUniverse-Curiosity 2026-06-09

I wonder how many planets just got chucked during the early solar system because of their elliptical orbits

59 5 replies
@ChopperDave42 2026-06-09

This is the best channel on Youtube

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@vicleomant8519 2026-06-10

i always get blown away by the thought that we are looking up at things that are no longer there

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@LuckyLucyHi 2026-06-09

An elusive YouTuber called Zepherus did a really good video on the discovery and undiscovery of Vulcan. Definitely worth a watch.

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@robertwahlstrom 2026-06-10

Always fantastic to learn that you live in a solar systemes that destory planets every now and then.

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@KellyVanHouten-om4cs 2026-06-10

This is a particularly fascinating line of research because it's so difficult to figure out what was orbiting the sun so long ago. I'm not convinced we will be able to reconstruct this history anytime soon.

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