This Collision Could Have Created the Solar System | SciShow News
A dwarf galaxy crashing through the Milky Way billions of years ago could have set off periods of star formation, and astronomers recently captured a rare flashing phenomenon that only shows up in the sky for a few days! Get 10% off today—WITH FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING—by going to http://ridge.com/SCISHOW and use code “SCISHOW” at check out. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1097-0 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Galactic_crash_may_have_triggered_Solar_System_formation https://archive.vn/20161215133821/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sagittarius-satellite-spiral/ https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/28820-summary https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8cc7 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/nu-acn052620.php Image Sources: Thumbnail credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC)" https://www.videoblocks.com/video/butterfly-flaps-its-wings-close-up-of-an-alpha-channel-vcabm1otlim46opjg https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/tornado-hurricane-3d-vector-icon-set-gm1179999726-330404909 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/butterflies-on-a-transparent-background-rgnhzwr3rk39ryfad http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2018/09/The_Sagittarius_dwarf_galaxy_in_Gaia_s_all-sky_view https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/galactic-crash-may-have-triggered-solar-system-formation https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/51976-gaia-scanning-the-sky https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaia_Milky_Way_star_density_map_2015-07-03.png https://images.nasa.gov/details-PIA21461 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11541 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/nu-acn052620.php https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teleskopy_ASAS_OGLE.jpg https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/05/astrophysicists-capture-new-class-of-transient-objects/&fj=1
