These 55 Runaway Stars Just Rewrote Books On Galactic Formation

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about runaway stars in the R136 cluster and what it means for galactic evolution
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0:00 R136 in Large Magellanic Cloud and the bizarre star cluster
1:10 Why this cluster is so important, 30 Doradus
3:25 First runaway stars
4:10 New study - nobody expected so many stars
5:30 Effects from these stars
7:00 When did this happen?
7:45 Reionization
9:05 Conclusions and implications

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[whatdamath]

PSA: thumbnails are different because Google broke my thumbnail generator plugin because they started blocking some kind of a script it uses.
Until it gets fixed I'm going to go with goofy face thumbnails :D

[josephseale]

Anton, you made very brief mention of triple star interactions as a way that stars get ejected from star clusters. I discovered that kind of interaction by accident, about 20 years ago, when I was learning to use a Scilab routine that integrates partial differential equations. Just for fun and in hopes of creating a interesting chaotic display, I simulated a small star cluster using simple Newtonian dynamics. Watching star motions in extremely sped-up time, I noticed that whenever 3 stars came close together simultaneously, a common interaction was to have two of the stars catapult the 3rd star out of the cluster. The energy provided to that ejected star was taken away from the remaining pair, which ended up locked into a fast-moving close-together binary pair. Astronomy was not (and is not) my field, and I was not sufficiently motivated to find out about star densities in clusters and figure out a realistic time frame for frequency of such events. Well, my "little personal discovery" has been rediscovered, probably several times over and including both before and after my own flash of insight, and explored in depth. I've even been informed that algorithms for this kind of problem have been reduced from n-squared computational difficulty to n-log(n) difficulty. There is so incredibly much knowledge out there, in so many areas, but it's always fun and also a bit reassuring to find that I actually stumbled onto something real, a long time ago, and that now, thanks to you, Anton, I'm seeing that and related mathematical physics uncovering new vistas of knowledge, in this case in understanding starburst galaxies!

[jimcurtis]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 💙☺️⭐️

[mikereid]

Thumbnails or no...doesn't matter as long as the content remains as timely and thorough as you consistently make it...thank you wonderful person 😊

[seamusinboston]

The smile at the end made my day. Thanks!

[CliffordJohnstonVIP]

Good job Anton love your work thanks so much for what you do!

[anthonyalfredyorke]

Thanks Anton your an absolute star 👏✨👏 you keep us informed and entertained, keep WAVING AND BEING WONDERFUL 😊 HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

[nicolasolton]

Those Blue supergiants of the tarantula nebula are fascinating. Thanks Anton.

[m.pearce]

Literally mind blowing news thank you Anton

[Madlintelf]

The universe is even more chaotic than we realized, not surprised. Thanks Anton!

[P-G-]

I find all of this amazing. It seems to me that it could be evidence that the Universe keeps regenerating itself... it keeps creating stars that are "shot" far away, where they could encounter the right conditions to form who knows what... incredible and beautiful.

[justinbremer]

I absolutely cannot help but picturing the runaway stars just going WHEEEE!!

[T.efpunkt]

It's just logical that there is much more interaction in much denser regions.

[stevenkarnisky]

Instead of runaways, these stars should be called "deportees", kicked out of a cluster where their only fault was failing to fit in! No, "Bon Voyage, have a pleasant trip!", just an unceremonious kick in the pants to send them on their way.

Thanks for telling their stories, Anton!

[rickloftus]

You’re the best Anton! Thank you for another amazing story!

[randallpetersen]

So amazing to have so many patreons, and so eminently worthy. My alter ego is near the bottom of the very long list. :)

[xynor]

like all evening i was waiting for your video. BTW thanks for that everyday educative video ! ^^

[yvonnemiezis]

Interesting as always, thanks Anton 👍❤

[SarmistaDhivesh]

You work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin from just a few months ago and now they are mutimillionaires.

[philochristos]

There are so many stars! Like oh my gosh!