I hope PBS picks these up. You're such an accomplished writer/narrator/raconteur. I have watched maybe 15 of your vids in 5 days and never felt the need to pause, fast forwarded or what have you. Each piece fits with the next to tell a single, flowing story. That narrative integrity and ability to consistently deliver entertainment with education is an unexpected delight. Really well done. Thank you for making these Nick.
Wow. Fantastic video as usual. Very well spoken. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. You made my weekend. Keep up the great work. There are loyal fans watching and the numbers are growing.
Currently going through all your vids, another one of UA-cam’s absolute gems just like JMG’s event horizons that brought me hear. Thank you for your excellent presentation it’s refreshing
Just found your channel, SORT OF. I must have watched an episode long ago and subscribed without knowing. I'm glad I did cause holy sh*t these are great!! THIS is what youtube should be all about! Such quality and great sharing of knowledge
Great video, I've watched it before but I think my brain needs multiple views of things before I really "get it" and as I always gush over your videos, I want to reiterate how much I enjoy the pace of your narration... keeps me engaged for the whole hour... Thanks again for your work!
Your my favorite UA-camr out of all the ones I’m subscribed to. Such good videos that are long and detailed. If you put 10 ads in your videos I’d watch all the ads just to support you. Keep up the videos man they are so good. It’s a shame that people like you that make such good content don’t have millions of followers. I’m so happy I found your videos.
I wasn't so sure I wanted to watch an entire hour of recent and fairly familiar history, notwithstanding how I loved the images that New Horizons sent back. But this entire video is utterly delightful, and I am enjoying every minute of it. Truly a tribute to your creativity, whimsy, and astute choices of images and memes to accompany truly inspired narration. Kudos!!
There it is again with ParallaxNick... it's stuff like this that has me ranting and raving to friends about original UA-cam content, the level of quality is insane when it's a labor of love with no compromises, no Discovery Channel executives to have to deal with. Some of the info feels like its' seeing the light of day outside of scientific journals for the first time. Don't know if it's true, but it does feel that way. At the very least this is stuff that television shows haven't touched yet in such a cohesive manner, while the mesmerizing narrative is all ParallaxNick's.
New Horizon's journey has lasted basically my entire conscious life, and the launch started my interest in space. It will be strange and bittersweet for me when we loose contact with it.
Oh man...I'm so glad to get plugged into your channel again! I kinda got homeless this summer and couldn't pay for a phone and then my phone was stolen ... Tonight I'm finally back online and yours is the first channel I went to. Hope your doing good!!!! Please keep posting!
As with many I believe I fell asleep to this playlist and woke up to this final, climactic episode, which I then had to rewind and watch from the start. Again. I doubt that many UA-camrs have such a fervidly enthusiastic fanbase as yourself and I'm pretty sure that a lot would buy the DVD series not because we needed to (we've all seen the contents after all) but simply to show a little concrete thanks for your huge efforts in these productions. Thank you.
Wow, just binged watched your entire Universe of Water playlist.. EPIC!! I love your delvery, presentation and sheer weight of information, You Sir, are to be applauded.. I'm a believer and now, a Subscriber..
Wow 1 hour!!! Youre honestly too good to us, id have been happy with 3 twenty minute episodes or 6 ten minute videos, but this is so unexpected. Or 60 one minute videos.... Seriously though this is bloody amazing, ive seen all of your videos and some of them multiple times. So an hour could easily keep me entertained for multiple hours. Thumbs up and favourite and may the youtube gods smile on you and give you blessings
⭐️ And a footnote: In November 2019, “Ultima Thule” was officially named *Arrokoth* by the IAU from a suggestion from the JPL team, Alan Stern included. It’s a Powhatan word meaning “sky.” See the Wiki article for the origin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth
- IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME. Do you have _any idea_ how stale my popcorn is after all these months?? 😉 - When you finish this series I want to buy a DVD box set. I'm serious. - My god. New Horizons bluescreened _10 days_ before its peri-hadean approach? If I had been on that team I might've actually shit myself in panic. - I disagree with the idea that Magellan's crew would've been content to let machines circumnavigate the Earth for them. For a great many people, watching or reading is not (and indeed, _shouldn't be)_ a sufficient substitute for doing. In 2019 everyone with a computer knows what the summit of Mt. Everest looks like, but that's no substitute for _actually climbing the mountain,_ which is why Mt. Everest is so clogged with mountaineers nowadays that they have to _literally stand in line_ for a chance to stand on the summit. Those Millennials who say "born too late to explore the Earth, born too soon to explore the galaxy" are upset because they want to explore the galaxy _in person._
Great video as always. I did see a presentation by the New Horizons team earlier this year. In the Q&A afterwards Alan Stern said the New Horizons spacecraft itself would probably have to find its next target. He felt confident they could spot its next target and maneuver towards it several months before closest encounter. He didn't think any telescope on or near earth could do it.
@@parallaxnick637 Link for the New Horizons presentation. They discuss future plans around 40:30. It's a long shot, but why not. ua-cam.com/video/7m_zpHeTTjc/v-deo.html
Just happened to think about not seeing your videos pop up in my feed lately. I do a search, and viola, new upload a day ago. Perfect. Keep up the good work.
I was worried you’d gone dark, but seeing the length of this video showed me you were just working on a massive project. It was well worth the wait. Thanks again for making such interesting content. Hopefully your channel will grow larger soon ;)
When you increase the length, everything expands; research time, writing time, audio recording, video editing. Believe me, I didn't set out to make an hour-long episode. In fact I plan to be more disciplined in my writing in future.
@@parallaxnick637 Oh, that is interesting! I was curious since Google returned no search results. Now you've made me want to study ancient Greek. Might come in handy one day :P
All that amount of work for a one-hour video and 30K viewers, some of them viewing more than once so the actual number of unique viewers might be 10K-ish. I was glad to even find this channel to begin with.
Simply superb. I waited until I had some quiet time to myself before watching. What I found was your characteristic homage of those that pull the ropes of science, exploration and progress. The length was perfect and you've taken a big step forward on audio quality. Was the opening quote from Dan Simmons' Hyperion?
Ahh, such a good video! A full hour of Pluto and New Horizons really gets me; the story of one of my favorite planets is just way too good. Thanks you very much as always! There was a bit of a repeat with some of the Pluto stuff from your Planet 9 series, of course, but I really couldn't have minded less. I loved hearing the story about how Alan Stern got New Horizons launched in the first place, he works really well as the protagonist of the first half of this story. And interestingly this is the first time I've ever heard of racist connotations for the name "Ultima Thule", so I guess that's a good sign.
I`ve been saying that Charon needs an upgraded status for years. Pluto should have been demoted, the minute it`s actual mass was realised. I`d go further and demote the likes of Phobos and Deimos to Natural Satellites. (Anything smaller than Mimas)
@@parallaxnick637 Basically Yes. If it has enough mass to pull itself into a sphere, then it's a Moon. If not, just call it a natural Satellite. So Saturn would have 6 Moons and 76 NS Mars would have No Moons and 2 NS
I loved this series so far. I have spent much of my spare time over the last few days watching many of your videos. Really great stuff. What happened to the "next episode" referred to at the end of your monologue?
You make such great videos i listen to one every night before i fall a sleep its really something else! I wish you all the success you can have on UA-cam :)
I don't care one bit that you have a slower release schedule because every single time I see you have a new video, I know immediately that it's going to be high quality content.
Pluto was not demoted, it was reclassified. Imagine your job, whatever it is, was transferred to another department and given a different title. You pay, benefits, hours, company you work for and work location all stay the same. The only things that change are who signs your paycheck and what your job title happens to be. Would you say that you had been demoted if, say, your job title changed from "Technical sanitary office worker" to "janitor"?
So well researched So well narrated So interesting as well... 'ParallaxNick', who are you? Why am I paying for documentaries on cable tv that can't hold a candle to this UA-cam vid?
![BBC The Sky at Night - Pluto Revealed [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lOm8Kkobmdo/mqdefault.jpg)
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I hope PBS picks these up. You're such an accomplished writer/narrator/raconteur. I have watched maybe 15 of your vids in 5 days and never felt the need to pause, fast forwarded or what have you. Each piece fits with the next to tell a single, flowing story. That narrative integrity and ability to consistently deliver entertainment with education is an unexpected delight. Really well done. Thank you for making these Nick.
Your videos are so comfy for midnight viewing and are so informative that even someone who obsesses over the cosmos can find out new things
Welcome back Nick :^) glad you're okay and still creating content for the curious people out here. You're still very much appreciated and cared for!
Ecstatic to see your upload again! I was eagerly waiting for them. Welcome back!
Yess! I could not believe my eyes! My favorite storyteller is back!!
Wow. Fantastic video as usual. Very well spoken. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. You made my weekend. Keep up the great work. There are loyal fans watching and the numbers are growing.
You're back! You're awesome man keep them coming QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
Yes we'll put. Quality
Currently going through all your vids, another one of UA-cam’s absolute gems just like JMG’s event horizons that brought me hear. Thank you for your excellent presentation it’s refreshing
Your channel is a hidden gem. Content quality is off the charts!
You should have millions of view and subscribers.
my go to sleep space video ended up being a stay awake an watch video, always glad to see your uploads
I am a science junky, but your releases are the only ones I hit the like button before I've watched the video. I've watched it twice now 🙂
Just found your channel, SORT OF. I must have watched an episode long ago and subscribed without knowing. I'm glad I did cause holy sh*t these are great!! THIS is what youtube should be all about! Such quality and great sharing of knowledge
Great video, I've watched it before but I think my brain needs multiple views of things before I really "get it" and as I always gush over your videos, I want to reiterate how much I enjoy the pace of your narration... keeps me engaged for the whole hour... Thanks again for your work!
10 minutes in, holy shit, I missed your videos. The research, the writing, everything is so good.
Your my favorite UA-camr out of all the ones I’m subscribed to. Such good videos that are long and detailed. If you put 10 ads in your videos I’d watch all the ads just to support you. Keep up the videos man they are so good. It’s a shame that people like you that make such good content don’t have millions of followers. I’m so happy I found your videos.
I wasn't so sure I wanted to watch an entire hour of recent and fairly familiar history, notwithstanding how I loved the images that New Horizons sent back. But this entire video is utterly delightful, and I am enjoying every minute of it. Truly a tribute to your creativity, whimsy, and astute choices of images and memes to accompany truly inspired narration. Kudos!!
There it is again with ParallaxNick... it's stuff like this that has me ranting and raving to friends about original UA-cam content, the level of quality is insane when it's a labor of love with no compromises, no Discovery Channel executives to have to deal with. Some of the info feels like its' seeing the light of day outside of scientific journals for the first time. Don't know if it's true, but it does feel that way. At the very least this is stuff that television shows haven't touched yet in such a cohesive manner, while the mesmerizing narrative is all ParallaxNick's.
New Horizon's journey has lasted basically my entire conscious life, and the launch started my interest in space. It will be strange and bittersweet for me when we loose contact with it.
Wowza! An hour long? Thank you for this well-timed distraction from my school work, haha
Great to have you back Nick! Thanks for another informative, well produced and enjoyable video.
Oh man...I'm so glad to get plugged into your channel again! I kinda got homeless this summer and couldn't pay for a phone and then my phone was stolen ... Tonight I'm finally back online and yours is the first channel I went to. Hope your doing good!!!! Please keep posting!
Sorry to hear that. Hope things are stable for you now. :)
Outstanding storytelling the best on UA-cam. I appreciate the hardwork you do and the hours and hours of research. 👍👍
As with many I believe I fell asleep to this playlist and woke up to this final, climactic episode, which I then had to rewind and watch from the start. Again.
I doubt that many UA-camrs have such a fervidly enthusiastic fanbase as yourself and I'm pretty sure that a lot would buy the DVD series not because we needed to (we've all seen the contents after all) but simply to show a little concrete thanks for your huge efforts in these productions. Thank you.
4:03 I can see my house from there. Rare photo of New Zealand from space!
Yet another awesome story told in the perfect way. the hour flew by, longing for more to come 👍🏼
Just about the best and most thorough history of Pluto I've ever heard. So glad to have you back doing such amazing work!
Wow, just binged watched your entire Universe of Water playlist.. EPIC!! I love your delvery, presentation and sheer weight of information, You Sir, are to be applauded.. I'm a believer and now, a Subscriber..
Excellent work. Love your humour and wry trists with the story. Fascinating story. Top shop.
you are a living legend and my favourite content creator🙌... thank you for your hard work
A really comprehensive and amazing production. Thank you I shared, liked and commented to make sure your audience grows as it should!
Thank you!
I'd love to see you do another video mate, but I'll just rewatch some oldies for now.
Very very slowly working on the next one. Beating back a plethora of bugs.
@@parallaxnick637 hey howie!
hour of parallaxnick? we're 4 and a half weeks later but it still feels like my birthday
Excellent presentation (as always).
Thank you.
thanks again for another awesome video! new insight into how tough it is to get a science mission off the ground!
great info as usual!
One of the best.. If not the best story teller of all time..
Another wonderfully recounted story! Keep up your great work, Nick!
A story so eloquently told, with so much material I was not aware of.
Again another amazing release ! 👏. Enjoyed every single minute of it ! Thank you
What a marvellous piece of work. You meld science and history with brilliant and humorous storytelling.
Content worthy of more than one listen!
Wow 1 hour!!! Youre honestly too good to us, id have been happy with 3 twenty minute episodes or 6 ten minute videos, but this is so unexpected.
Or 60 one minute videos....
Seriously though this is bloody amazing, ive seen all of your videos and some of them multiple times. So an hour could easily keep me entertained for multiple hours. Thumbs up and favourite and may the youtube gods smile on you and give you blessings
Just awesome.. thanks! I didn't know you were going to add to this playlist (my favourite of yours) but it fits it beautifully.
⭐️ And a footnote:
In November 2019, “Ultima Thule” was officially named *Arrokoth* by the IAU from a suggestion from the JPL team, Alan Stern included. It’s a Powhatan word meaning “sky.”
See the Wiki article for the origin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth
"the JPL team, Alan Stern included"
Hey...! ...so no hard feelings from JPL after Stern went with Johns Hopkins. That really is a good thing to know.
@Ernesto Lombardo: oops! 🤪 APL. Or JHU-APL. Got my Jets and Johns mixed up.
Beautiful video Nick. Thank you.
I'm glad there is so much water for Nick to cover. I'll miss this series when it ends.
I just watched your 'Universe of Water' series in one sitting. What an absolute gem, many thanks ParallaxNick, you improved me today.
- IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME. Do you have _any idea_ how stale my popcorn is after all these months?? 😉
- When you finish this series I want to buy a DVD box set. I'm serious.
- My god. New Horizons bluescreened _10 days_ before its peri-hadean approach? If I had been on that team I might've actually shit myself in panic.
- I disagree with the idea that Magellan's crew would've been content to let machines circumnavigate the Earth for them. For a great many people, watching or reading is not (and indeed, _shouldn't be)_ a sufficient substitute for doing. In 2019 everyone with a computer knows what the summit of Mt. Everest looks like, but that's no substitute for _actually climbing the mountain,_ which is why Mt. Everest is so clogged with mountaineers nowadays that they have to _literally stand in line_ for a chance to stand on the summit. Those Millennials who say "born too late to explore the Earth, born too soon to explore the galaxy" are upset because they want to explore the galaxy _in person._
...ugh. I edited my comment, and Nick's marque of approval went away. I keep making that mistake.
Yay! Hello to all the fans.
Thanks for all the work.
Great video as always.
I did see a presentation by the New Horizons team earlier this year. In the Q&A afterwards Alan Stern said the New Horizons spacecraft itself would probably have to find its next target. He felt confident they could spot its next target and maneuver towards it several months before closest encounter. He didn't think any telescope on or near earth could do it.
Interesting :) Sounds like a crapshoot to me but I suppose they know what they're doing.
@@parallaxnick637 Link for the New Horizons presentation. They discuss future plans around 40:30. It's a long shot, but why not. ua-cam.com/video/7m_zpHeTTjc/v-deo.html
Yay I love your videos
hope you're doing well🤗
Nick, you are gifted with a great voice and intelligent expression!
Superb range of content. A real treat.
Fantastic work. Keep on!
This channel rocks, so glad I found it!💖
Just happened to think about not seeing your videos pop up in my feed lately. I do a search, and viola, new upload a day ago. Perfect. Keep up the good work.
I was worried you’d gone dark, but seeing the length of this video showed me you were just working on a massive project. It was well worth the wait. Thanks again for making such interesting content. Hopefully your channel will grow larger soon ;)
When you increase the length, everything expands; research time, writing time, audio recording, video editing. Believe me, I didn't set out to make an hour-long episode. In fact I plan to be more disciplined in my writing in future.
Wow. Just thinking about you and now here's a new video.
Coincidence?
A3Kr0n mñmmmmm loop part because
Excellent video glad to see you back on UA-cam can't wait for the next episode
As a longtime Pluto fan, thank you!
Beautiful. Poetical. Nice to see you upload again.
Can't wait to settle down later when I get home from work and watch this!!! Made my day!
Wonderful as always! Pray tell, what is "Neoepopseia" in the title card of the video? Thanks
My attempt to translate "New Horizons" into ancient Greek.
@@parallaxnick637 Oh, that is interesting! I was curious since Google returned no search results. Now you've made me want to study ancient Greek. Might come in handy one day :P
Very impressed with the documentary's. Thank you
All that amount of work for a one-hour video and 30K viewers, some of them viewing more than once so the actual number of unique viewers might be 10K-ish. I was glad to even find this channel to begin with.
same here. i need more
Simply superb. I waited until I had some quiet time to myself before watching. What I found was your characteristic homage of those that pull the ropes of science, exploration and progress. The length was perfect and you've taken a big step forward on audio quality.
Was the opening quote from Dan Simmons' Hyperion?
No, it was from "The Odyssey". Or, more specifically, the translation employed by "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
@@parallaxnick637 Ah yes, I knew I recognised it from somewhere.
Ahh, such a good video! A full hour of Pluto and New Horizons really gets me; the story of one of my favorite planets is just way too good. Thanks you very much as always!
There was a bit of a repeat with some of the Pluto stuff from your Planet 9 series, of course, but I really couldn't have minded less. I loved hearing the story about how Alan Stern got New Horizons launched in the first place, he works really well as the protagonist of the first half of this story.
And interestingly this is the first time I've ever heard of racist connotations for the name "Ultima Thule", so I guess that's a good sign.
Welcome back:)
An hour of awesomeness!
Superb quality and storytelling :)
I`ve been saying that Charon needs an upgraded status for years.
Pluto should have been demoted, the minute it`s actual mass was realised.
I`d go further and demote the likes of Phobos and Deimos to Natural Satellites. (Anything smaller than Mimas)
So you're saying that "moons" are only round natural satellites?
@@parallaxnick637
Basically Yes.
If it has enough mass to pull itself into a sphere, then it's a Moon.
If not, just call it a natural Satellite.
So Saturn would have 6 Moons and 76 NS
Mars would have No Moons and 2 NS
Very good to listen to - you have a voice that works for radio.
I loved this series so far. I have spent much of my spare time over the last few days watching many of your videos. Really great stuff. What happened to the "next episode" referred to at the end of your monologue?
It's coming. I just haven't worked out what its scope will be.
At last. And 1 hour long. Can't wait to get home. Thank you.
Just watched the latest PBS video on a similar topic . It lacked the elegance of parallax Nick
Excellent video as usual.
The millennial lament, modified: Born too late to explore the Earth. Born too early to explore the universe. Born just in time to explore Minecraft.
Awesome presentation. There seems to be more politicking going on at NASA than in Game of Thrones.
Any time people have to compete for funding there will be backstabbing.
Just when I thought I was already being spoiled by 24 hours of sciencetube uploads... ParallaxNick shows up.
Good to have you back
You make such great videos i listen to one every night before i fall a sleep its really something else!
I wish you all the success you can have on UA-cam :)
I don't care one bit that you have a slower release schedule because every single time I see you have a new video, I know immediately that it's going to be high quality content.
I love your outro music....a little Mr. Wizard and a little Real Genius. Fantastic video, as always, Nick. I hope you are doing better, now.
Heeeeees back!! 💪🏻
Best astronomy channel on youtube, no doubt! Thank You
Back with a banger!!! 👌
I must of missed this in my stream, i hope you are feeling better Nick
why this channel doesn't have more subscribers it is beyond me
Pluto was not demoted, it was reclassified. Imagine your job, whatever it is, was transferred to another department and given a different title.
You pay, benefits, hours, company you work for and work location all stay the same. The only things that change are who signs your paycheck and what your job title happens to be. Would you say that you had been demoted if, say, your job title changed from "Technical sanitary office worker" to "janitor"?
thats the joke
So well researched
So well narrated
So interesting as well...
'ParallaxNick', who are you? Why am I paying for documentaries on cable tv that can't hold a candle to this UA-cam vid?
No adverts, no request for funds, just the passion to pass on knowledge. Admirable.
A pleasure to watch and to listen to your voice.
Ahhh the joy of spying a new upload pop up on the home screen :) Another great video xX (next one sounds exciting!)
Just in time to make my weekend!
I watched this sooner but realized I may have forgotten to :like" & comment... Another great video!!! Thank You
Fantastic, thank you!!!!
“If the artist has inner and outer eyes for nature, nature rewards him by giving him inspiration” -Kandinsky
@Stella Hohenheim no, kandinsky.
This just in. The scientist has just demoted Peter Dinklage as Subhuman. He now on display at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Good show, Nick!
good video :) thanks happy new year.
Agreed......never send humans to do a robot's job.
Great video and thanks for not using background music