We Don't Actually Know Where the Sun Came From

We can’t find evidence of the Sun’s family, or how it might have formed, but we do have some pretty good theories.

The first 200 viewers to sign up at brilliant.org/scishow will get 20% off their annual premium subscription AND support SciShow.

Hosted by: Reid Reimers

For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out https://scishowfinds.com/
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
----------
Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters:
Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz
----------
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:

http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m067.html
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/143/3/73/meta
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-astro-081309-130830
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/90/6/068001/meta
http://sci.esa.int/gaia/28820-summary/, http://sci.esa.int/gaia/47354-fact-sheet/
https://www.aao.gov.au/public/galah-survey, https://galah-survey.org/home/, http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=14792
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1108.1570.pdf
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/449/4/4443/1188673

Images:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Violent_birth_announcement_from_an_infant_star.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sedna_solar_system_Jan1_2017.png
http://www.eso.org/public/usa/videos/eso1621a/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaia_Milky_Way_star_density_map_2015-07-03.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cancer_IAU.svg