JWST found LONE planets in the Orion Nebula and we can’t explain them | Night Sky News October 2023

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[@Jesus.the.Christ]

The antimatter announcement is puzzling. Not the result, but that they thought that changing the charge would somehow invalidate a particle's relation to spacetime. Absurd.

[@Hoodlum555]

why not let Fraser Cain interview you, his viewers would love to hear from you!

[@franmurillo6960]

Helloooo from Honduras

[@daveh7720]

@@Jesus.the.Christ It's not that they thought changing the charge would make a difference, it's that they _didn't know_ if it made a difference. So they decided to find out. "One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions." -- RADM Grace M. Hopper, USN

[@valak3374]

Are u christian dr becky ???

[@maxplanck9055]

Binary rogue planets orbiting each other and not stars is a new phenomena I have never heard of, thanks Becky, good to know new discoveries are being made even with exoplanets too✌️❤️🇬🇧

[@christopherellis2663]

Binaries usually orbit one another, so rotating would be rather odd

[@RovingTroll]

They're not rogue yet, but Pluto and Charon are also a binary planet system

[@Tugela60]

Welcome to last week, lol. Other channels have been talking about it for a while.

[@Tugela60]

​@@mal2kscMore likely theories about how such objects can form are either wrong or inadequate. One pair can be accidental, many pairs are not. Whatever is happening appears to be pretty common and normal.

[@NEprimo]

It's a pretty obvious one though right? There have to be billions more rogue planets than those in solar systems, it's just an obvious numbers game

[@peterlanham]

Thanks Dr Becky. I watch your channel with my Grandson. We spend hours talking about and investigating the topics you cover. It’s so exciting for me to see him so enthused by your videos. We both like forward to your next edition. Thank you so much. Peter.

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[@nathangamble125]

I feel like those attosecond pulses would have been useful for my university thesis (tracking the movement of proteins in a cell. The experiment failed because we couldn't record them fast enough, the motion just looked like a random mess)

[@theaveragepro1749]

atto second is probably too fast and hot

[@oberonpanopticon]

That sounds like a cool thesis

[@randramb]

Isn’t electron microscope scanning destructive by nature, and something like proteins would be too damaged in just a few pulses?

[@savagesarethebest7251]

Imagine if you got sidetracked in your experiment and invented those fast light pulses before they did 😅✌️

[@douginorlando6260]

Human chemistry is amazing. Some critical protein configurations last only seconds

[@slickfast]

The more I see if your INCREDIBLE monthly videos the more 1) I look forward to the next one, 2) I get more interested in astrophysics thanks to your wonderful explanations and 3) WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS FOR BASICALLY EVERY SCIENTIFIC AREA OF STUDY? Would love to have hours of monthly videos summarizing very technical modern scientific discoveries. Cheers Becky, you're showing everyone the way!

[@gingerbiscuits]

You might like This Week in Virology, available on YT or as a podcast. Most eps are a group of virology experts discussing latest paper/s for 1-2 hours - so more long winded than Dr Becky... they are timestamped at least. There's a huge archive of 1000+ episodes, covering a wide range of topics; and plenty on COVID of course. Also a free lecture course that gets updated every January. I've learned a lot from TWIV despite dropping formal Biology education at 16 so I can highly recommend 🙂They also have sister podcasts about microbiology, parasites, neuroscience, the immune system, evolution, etc(?) which I haven't really gone into because there's so much content just on viruses and I honestly haven't found the time!

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@@gingerbiscuits very cool thanks for the recommendation, and brilliant username ☺️

[@Kualinar]

@@gingerbiscuits Then, there is Gutsy Gybon for paleontology. She's great.

[@lambeausouth1]

Just taking a moment to thank you again Dr.Becky for taking the time out to produce this video! I know when I say we all are grateful for the professional insight you bring to us! 🙂

[@siegejohnson]

Thanks Dr. Becky! You have such an amazing skill for communicating complex concepts across such different expertise levels without ‘talking down’. Always looking forward to the new news 🥰

[@billhart3728]

Thanks!

[@user-rm2qj2jh4l]

I can't believe there won't be a Dr. Becky video for one or even TWO weeks!! You're wonderful explanations of complex topics and fun, enthusiastic videos are one of the highlights of my week.

[@Svensk7119]

Agreed. Spacetime always puts me to sleep. The explanation of atto-seconds was perfect.

[@frankshailes3205]

Though she did say "that's it for November" at the end of this one!

[@lambeausouth1]

Interplanetary science is becoming increasingly exciting with the treasures being uncovered as of late!

[@julianemery718]

Asteroids with rings, black holes being ejected from their galaxies and now rouge binary planets? This universe is so cool!

[@prezhenz6969]

Watching the live retrieval and reveal of the Benu samples reminded me of being in middle school at Chabot Space and Science Center on the day that Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars

[@aemrt5745]

Great video! When you said "Antimatter Factory at CERN", an image of a Star Trek Engineering center cranking out Warp Core fuel popped in my head!

[@GeneralLazySpoon]

This is the content I come to see. 30 quality minutes with NSN and Dr. Becky. No fluff, no gimmicks, just straight up appreciation for the universe :D Oh, and 27:03 missed a chance to say "JUMBO problem for our models". I woulda fell out of my chair if you had.

[@ayushsinha7300]

Night sky news is the best! Also really loved how excited future Becky was about the asteroid report! Loved it!

[@garrithsmith799]

Hooray! I asked you on one of your previous videos about rogue planets, and you've brought it!! Thanks, very fascinating :)

[@ericdere]

I found an undetected blooper at 28:10 "So, that's it for Night Sky News for *November* ". That should have been October I think.

[@excrubulent]

Becky casually singing Light Years by The National's in the outtakes and taking me completely by surprise. It was one of my favourites of theirs, then I figured out what it might be about and was devastated and couldn't listen to it for ages, and then I dug a layer deeper and managed to reconcile with it. It's a beautiful song.

[@Treebark1313]

loving the new audio! havent tuned in for a few weeks

[@ArranitM]

Enjoy your break, Dr. Becky! This was a treat of a video, and I can't wait to find out more details from the OSIRIS-REX sample!

[@Arthera0]

To me its always more exciting when we find something we can not yet explain as oppose to finding evidence for a prediction. still both are very exciting.

[@rhsmn2334]

hey Becky i'm so glad you listen to the National i adore them!

[@taesssi]

We definitely get dust devils that get tall in New Mexico. I've seen some that were nearly a half mile wide too. Not going to say they have been 2km, but you can see them from Miles away and they still look tall.

[@adilsongoliveira]

I was fortunate to be right in the middle of the last annular solar eclipse that happened in Brazil in 199(7?, I'm not sure) and this one Saturday, thought it will be only partially visible where I live will be a bit more special because it's my birthday as well :)

[@davidh1187]

I used to participate in BINAST (Binary Asteroid project) as an observer (data collector not a scientist). Binary Asteroids are far more abundant than were first thought. One of the leading theories for their existence (I am summarizing as a layman) is where mass is sloffed off a fast spinning object and 'captured' in orbit for those asteroids that are effectively just held together by gravity. Given these 'failed' stars are just held together by gravity and are very hot, why could a similar mechanism account for them?

[@lazaruslong92]

I had my HA telescope all ready for the annular eclipse only to be clouded out here in Northern California. Disapointing, but there is always next year!

[@JayJay-sg7zl]

I've been in love with phyics and astronomy since I was 15 but never got a chance to study in college. You do a great job in describing things. Wonderful job

[@ganj311]

I love that The National distracted you. And I love your easily understandable synopses of space news.

[@joyl7842]

Dr. Becky reminds me of my cousin so much. She has the same blue eyes and alabaster skin and gets excited, talking so fast, about things she loves.

[@TonyM1961]

She's a very beautiful woman AND highly intelligent. What's not to like? I have always been attracted to intelligence. I enjoy intelligent conversations

[@notsosecretsquirrel9389]

Kissing cousins

[@joyl7842]

I realize it's accepted in many Muslim nations and Alabama, but that is not what I meant at all.@@notsosecretsquirrel9389

[@alancash6420]

"Chaos Terrain" is a good description of my spare room

[@Photos-NXS-Jayce]

So happy to share the US with you even for just a little bit!

[@rnbnatl]

Been waiting for this vid!

[@hazonku]

As one of many folks who helped map Bennu I've literally been waiting years for the sample return & these first observations are SUPER exciting.

[@graemep.1316]

Thank you as always Dr Becky 😊

[@DavidBeddard]

The eclipse passes exactly over Albuquerque! That'll definitely cause Bugs Bunny to take a wrong turn.

[@robert100xx]

Always engrossed with Space News, After absorbing the Vid watching your bloopers show off your personhood and humanity. Keep doing the do.👍

[@TonyM1961]

I initially began watching this video at 7 minutes after You posted it and it already has 657K views. You have a huge fan base Dr Becky

[@mawkernewek]

that's 657K subscribers, as of time of writing its 3.4K views for this video.

[@robbannstrom]

Thanks, Dr. Becky for another great Night Sky News! . and I love the look with the ponytail!

[@Svensk7119]

Loved that you demonstrated the three finger technique, Dr. Becky! Usually, folks just say what to do. A live demonstration... caught me offguard, goodly so! (I know that isn't an actual word.) Are the book sales doing well?

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

Finding stuff we can't explain is my favorite part of science. I think it provides a healthy dose of humility.

[@waverod9275]

I can understand double rogue planets-- they would probably not be ejected planets (the gravitational movement would make capture difficult, and if one of a double is ejected, the other should be sent inwards), but form directly from a nebula collapse that wasn't big enough to produce brown dwarfs, but otherwise akin to stellar creation. The difficulty is that, in the Orion Nebula, we shouldn't have small bits to collapse down like that. There's just so much more star creation, and their gravitational wells ought to disrupt or even capture small clouds like that.

[@CorgiDaddy2]

I was just thinking I needed some Dr. Becky in my life tomorrow and here she is. Yay!

[@koosb8162]

Space news overload! Thanks Dr Becky. Should keep us amazed for a while.

[@lambeausouth1]

Those results are absolutely astounding!

[@johankotze42]

@Dr_Becky Isn't that red colour of the Moon due to blue being scattered by the atmosphere and thus being effectively filtered out, leaving more red? The same effect causing a sunrise and sunset to be reddish?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Earth, 2023: High school graduates take a gap year to explore Europe. Earth, 2123: High school graduates take a gap year to explore Europa.

[@pongoellis1670]

Great video. I found this place in Space Engine where there was all these moons orbiting each other. I haven't been able to find my way back there.

[@nevresay]

my first video, 5 minutes in and I already love your content! thank you so much for your hard work and for presenting informative, relevant and up to date news in a simple and entertaining way! I am so thankful you share your knowledge with us

[@asherplatts6253]

I expected antimatter to fall "down" because gravity is not understood to be a charged force that can have poles. Its a result of curvature in spacetime, and the resulting time dilation involved. Its cool that this has been confirmed.

[@sapelesteve]

Yet another out of this world video from Dr. Becky! Gotta love it! 👍👍🌎🌎

[@mikehipperson]

I am so disappointed that an Alien Facehugger didn't leap out of the Benu capsule! 😢

[@flabreque]

I was waiting for the Andromeda Strain to kill the scientists. (Not really!)

[@jacoblojewski8729]

17:45 - I was confused at first that you said "GIza" (like Egypt), then figured you said geyser a few moments after. Looked it up, and today I learned in the UK geyser is pronounced that way!

[@craigtevis1241]

I loved the thought of finding geezers on Europa

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

I watched the orionids with my coworkers once. The once every 3-6 minutes frequency really tested everyone's patience! At least we saw a few streaks of light.

[@bobseago1513]

Really new, fresh and informative. Thanks

[@jaydonbooth4042]

I'm sad that it's supposed to be completely overcast for the region I live in for the eclipse. It's only going to be a 50% coverage eclipse but that's still very cool and very rare. I got a filter for my telescope and binoculars to be able to look at it but then saw it's supposed to be rainy. Sucks when the clouds ruin one of only a handful of chances I'll have in my life to see an eclipse.

[@ev021]

Excellent Becks, cheers.

[@jamesrussell7760]

What an incredible resource JWST has turned out to be - and it's still early days!!!

[@luudest]

29:31 and 29:45 Dr. Becky you are a really good singer!

[@blackwolfe638]

You are delightful. Thank You for all your work! :)

[@MCsCreations]

Thanks for all the info, dr. Becky! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@j72ashley]

When not crying over the horrible death and suffering on Earth, I look to amazing and inspiring news like this to brighten my soul. Thank you Dr. Becky!

[@PhilMason1972]

Really interesting as always 😊 = have a good break

[@TehPwnerer]

Love those Pacific news stories. 💖 Keep em' comin' 🏝

[@tonywells6990]

The age of the universe is actually about 4.3x10^17 seconds or 430 million billion.

[@lpanebr]

Love the news! Enjoy your vacations!

[@jimmygravitt1048]

One thing you did not mention is that the 43 attosecond laser is still off by a factor of about 5 from actually being able to probe the movement of electrons.

[@Svensk7119]

One point, Dr. Becky. The Viking probes were in the 1970s. Stargate fans are cringing that we trust Osiris to take care of Apophis!😂

[@arkanis5249]

I had to rewind twice when you said 540 planets... holy crap ;D

[@neiln62]

Looking forward to my reading of the attosec article.

[@telescoper]

Two possible topics for a future video: Tom Scott recently released a fascinating video about the Very Large and Extremely Large telescopes. Among other things, he discussed the interferometer capability and shared his opinion that the ELT would be the largest optical telescope ever built. Would you talk about the interferometer, and in particular its research results to date (I'm not aware of any, but I'm not as plugged in as you are). Second, what is your opinion on whether there will ever be a larger ground based optical / infrared telescope than the 40 m ELT?

[@ruperterskin2117]

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Such cool stuff this month! I mean, a dust devil video from Mars, the Nobel Prize awards, and Osiris Rex returning, for just a few cool subjects!

[@MyPokergirl]

Imagine if we see 3 rogue planets orbiting each other. I know it’s technically not possible and if it’s it’s not long lasting, but still that would be awesome

[@bzgraphicartist]

Enjoy your break! You've certainly earned one.

[@jaranth]

Great episode! Lots going on, no astronomer should be disappointed!

[@TanyaLairdCivil]

Ok, I decided to give it a shot. Why are binaries more common on the low and high ends, but less in the middle? Why the bimodal distribution? That kind of bimodal distribution really wreaks of their being two different binary formation mechanisms at play. One could be in situ formation, and the other could be chance random encounter. Larger objects like stars might be more prone to form binaries by in-situ formation simply because they're formed in regions with more mass available. But smaller objects, like planets, might be more prone to form binaries due to chance encounters in their original formation nebulae. Why? Perhaps the good old square-cubed law. The only way two objects, formed separately, will ever be able to form a binary is if they get close enough together, at a low enough relative velocity, and then can lose enough velocity, while they're close enough, to become bound to one another. But think about gravitational attraction and gaseous friction. First, with gravitational attraction, more massive objects should accelerate to higher relative speeds than smaller objects as they come close to one another. The more massive a pair of objects, the faster their gravity will pull them as they accelerate inward. Two person-mass objects flying close to each other will barely perturb each other at all. Two neutron stars flying towards each other will accelerate each other to relativistic speeds. Larger objects, in a random encounter, will accelerate each other more as they fall in, providing more relative velocity that needs to be bled off to produce a capture event. Then think about gaseous friction. These encounters are likely occurring in dense nebula. For two objects encountering each other to be bound, they need to lose relative velocity. And to do that, they need to be slowed down. Short of a gravitational interaction with a third object, the only way this can happen is via friction with the surrounding gas. And the smaller the object, the easier it is to slow it down via friction. Friction is proportional to surface area, while kinetic energy is proportional to mass or volume. This might explain the bimodal distribution of binaries. On the heavy end, in-situ binary formation dominates, and you have more binaries forming simply because there is more mass available in regions of formation. On the light end, chance encounters dominate binary formation. And lighter objects are more prone to capture via chance encounter than heavy ones, as heavier objects produce a greater infalling increase of velocity, and smaller objects are easier to slow down via gaseous friction/drag.

[@OrcIlersen]

I live right under the path of the shadow path Looking forward to it. Never was good at the higher maths, but astrophysics has always been a fascination of mine. Keep up the good work, love your content

[@colleenforrest7936]

If these planets are orbiting each other, is it possible that their orbital drag is causing them to generate heat? Possibly enough to have liquid water? The Charon/Pluto rotational drag is one of the theories as to why Pluto has subsurface liquid water.

[@annad9596]

mike brown was one of my inspirations to study astronomy!!! i'm currently a student researcher at the national radio astronomy observatory in virginia. i'm so happy to see his name on a recent paper!!!

[@mattwilliams5529]

I was a bit surprised to see Durham NC as a reference point for the Stellariam graphic. Makes sense for an academic to travel here but it was a bit unexpected!

[@jamestaylor6041]

Absolutely awesome post Dr becky , stunned by the news of rouge planets but very puzzling as to why so many binaries systems , this really tickles my fancy , I have watched orion for decades now as it's my fav but now even more so , if there are so many free floating planets in such a small area , can we assume this may be typical of most nebula systems ?

[@AdricM]

Albuquerqueian here happy to see it going right over us and the Balloon Fiesta Saturday.

[@kayinoue2497]

The dust-disks and 'coffee stains' around those stars is SO COOL! I want to break into the spectroscopy of those and dig into that data kinda bad! All of that is so neat. The binary planets thing is also so tantalizing. Someone is likely crunching a big data set right now trying to find a best fit model to explain that.

[@5berto]

Have a wonderful time off !!

[@QUIRK1019]

I live only two hours from the very center of the eclipse's path. Here's hoping for clear skies!!!

[@synergy021]

Awesome info. Blooper section was hilariously adorable btw so great inclusion.

[@stevensmith8261]

Love the out-take reference to "The National"!

[@itsajackaldotcom]

love your videos and the way you explain things. you are the best at it. but your mic was driving me crazy in this video

[@justincouch6964]

As a glider pilot from down under, a 2km high dust devil is pretty common. That's only about 7000 feet. On the huge days here, you'll be flying is heavy dust and chaff above 10000 feet

[@unknowntexan4570]

I'm in San Antonio--one of the perfect places!!! Dr. Becky come visit the big state!

[@abrahamsatinger265]

When a planet comes towards another planet on a crash course or near miss situation, aren't they usually coming in along the same orbital plane as the incoming planet and in near misses they sling out together instead sometimes?

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

They could if both originated in the same system and for whatever reason, one of planets got slingshot away from its previous orbit. But if they happened to be 2 rogue planet coming from different systems that just happened to catch each other by a pure chance, they can end up orbiting at any angle

[@juliasophical]

If two planets are orbiting a star in the same orbital plane and have a near miss, they can't *both* be ejected -- the only way either of them can be ejected is by transferring enough momentum from one to the other that it kicks it out of the system entirely -- but that momentum comes from the other planet, which then drops into a lower orbit around the star with less momentum than it had before, due to conservation of momentum.

[@michaellee6489]

Dr. Becky, I live in NY state and will BARELY experience anything from the Annular eclipse that is coming up soon. This got me interested, however, so I looked up coming eclipses and don't ya know: NY state will experience Totality on April 8th 2024!!! Next Year!!! That's one HUGE check off from my bucket list! Thanks, Dr. Becky, you rock!

[@windowclock]

✨Greetings from Colombia ✨

[@ueligrunder609]

allways love to see your videos very interesting

[@frrapp2366]

Just getting ready to drive down towards Albuquerque for the eclipse for my wife's birthday great info take care of your vacation dr becky

[@kataseiko]

The best place for eclipses in the US seems to be west Texas. There's two eclipses - the annular one on Saturday and a total one on April 8 next year.

[@chuckcosby1681]

Thanks for the excellent work you do to keep me informed! Can I make a small critique? You edit your videos to compress the empty space between certain sentences. I know that a lot of youtubers do this. I really prefer a more natural speaking cadence throughout the video. But again, thanks for all you do!

[@jaydenmartin8650]

A lot of those cuts are bloopers too

[@icosthop9998]

TY love the duel planets discovery.

[@loganweiler5297]

Missed blooper @28:10 "...alright that's it for night sky news in November" Made me think i missed a few weeks for a sec 😂🦃❄️

[@lokilawson]

Good for you! Enjoy the time away!