Can a Star Become a Planet?

[00:00:00]Welcome to Mind-Blowing Facts. Can a star become [music] a planet?

[00:00:04]The answer is not exactly. Stars and planets form from the same giant clouds [music] of gas and dust, but a star needs enough mass to ignite nuclear fusion.

[00:00:14]If it doesn't have enough mass, it never becomes [music] a true star.

[00:00:18]And here's the shocking part. Some failed stars, [music] called brown dwarfs, are so large that they look like planets. Yet, they're too small [music] to shine like stars. They're stuck between a planet and a star, neither one and somehow both. Subscribe to Mind-Blowing Facts, follow the channel, and don't forget to like the video for more facts that [music] sound fake, but are true.