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Plz make more longer videos/Documentaries on things like Jupiter, Exo-planets, scientific theories etc ❤❤❤❤❤ You may like to put content of various videos together
Yea, ive been into astronomy since before i had access to the internet. Im tired of asking a question like "why are some of the largest volcanos in the solar system in one area on mars? Wandering hotspot?" And i get some lecture by some dude who didnt even answer or speculate on my question. About earth plate tectonics.
Always wondered how a comet would impact the earth, turns out porus things are good insulators, and they move fast enough to not explode in the atmosphere
Back in the 1990's we lived deep in the Rockies, in Wyoming. I remember going out at night to view comet Hale-Bopp, and with no light pollution, the tail stretched nearly a third of the way across the sky and was greenish in color.
I remember sitting in a hot spring on a mountain top in Colorado and just staring at the big gash and I had forgotten how the sky looked when I was a kid. Of course, the high mountaintops had us at an even better vantage point than I had back then.
I haven't seen a great comet yet, . only a somewhat dim one (at 5th magnitude) . . so I hope to watch the tsuchichan_atlas comet whitch is looking up to be pretty impressive . . hopefuly autumn weather won't be too much of an issue
As much as i want this feeling i just get so overwhelmed when i see a 1.5 hour video :S. expecting so much info because all the videos on this channel is so good, that i get so overwhelmed the video get's put on a "watch Later" list and i end up not watching it for way to long. i love longer format videos but when its "educational" like this channel and not random waffling to gameplay from a game, not gonna lie it becomes to much for me.. i guess i what im saying is, love the videos, but think you could get even more traction by even just making these videos into a series of 20 min videos ^^'
I've watched alot of Varitasium, real engineering, Steve Mould, Nile red etc. But I only recently found your channel Alex. My biggest passions are engineering and space, and i must say, the quality, coverage, and composition of this video is 10/10, very well done and insanely interesting. Thank you for that! I hope to see more in-depth videos like this from you in the future! Definitely a sub and like from here! 👏🏼
I don't normally watch UA-cam videos of this length, but yours have been consistently interesting, informative, and of high quality. This was no exception. Excellent. Well done.
I took part in the Stardust at home online identification mission, where you could sign up to identify microscopic dust particles in the aerogel. I spent many hours on that and found several particles, while zooming in and out through the layers of the aerogel. Computers couldn't do that at that time and the data was too large only to be inspected by scientists. Was really an interesting challenge
@@seaoftranquility7228 Yeah. It was called stardust@home. I was so glad to be able to do that- it was not work for me at all. It was like, WOW- I am allowed to research the aerogel myself.
Oh man! UA-cam is completely ridiculous nowadays ... I answered, yeah, I was so happy to be allowed to do this. The project was called stardust(at)home, because we all did it on our computers and it was a great pleasure and honor to me to see the aerogel myself and inspect it.
I am just amazed... Not just by the beauty and spectacle, but also by the fact that I'm sitting here looking at these photographs and timelapses that we actually took with actual spacecraft... How is it even possible?? It truly is absolutely wondrous
I feel a strong melancholy/sadness sort of an emotion whenever there is talk about the end of the long life of a spacecraft. It's weird, they are just machines ... yet, I feel attached to them.
, as you didn't even get this was satire. You don't know anything but my level of emotional maturity which in itself already shows quite a bit about your own maturity and rather, your objectivity and reasoning skills, it is pretty much an ad-hominem. Also it is not a ''common'' feeling to have feelings by a spacecraft coming to it's end to where it becomes melancholic, but that aside, you seem emotionally triggered by a comment that wasn't even meant serious in the first place. So instead of making assumptions about my emotional maturity, which is very misplaced, I would first question your own. De quo factum.
@@tombullish3198 Cringy, pretentious drivel. @RB-fp8hn It's not weird at all. people feel sentimental towards many things that matter, and many things that don't. Just look at how people react when the moon moves in front of the sun temporarily.
One of the main scientists on the Rosetta mission was so excited when they thought the lander successfully landed and was stable on the surface of the comet that she was jumping up and down and screaming in delight. Then they realized the lander actually bounced off the surface and had tumbled and was wedged in a crevice and incorrectly positioned to do the intended experiments. She must have been devastated, but they only had a day or two to complete as much work before the power supply dwindled to nothing because the solar panels were shaded from sunlight. Years later she told her experience in a documentary video. The team was under extreme pressure to get the most out of what little time the craft had left so she didn’t have time to focus on the disappointing failure to land properly. The data gathered from the limited time was still a huge contribution to the field.
I'm really impressed that in the 80's they were apparently able to design a probe that could be hit, then stabilize itself, and resume communications with Earth.
In fairness, the Voyagers were launched in the 70's and are still rocking along, though I'm not sure if they ever had any "significant" impacts, probably something to look into later
@@abooga8 because the voyager 2 had multiple antenna's and it was only the main antenna that was affected. They used the low-gain antennas, which main focus wasn't communication, but had sufficient capacities to allow engineers to regain control
What a brilliant video. The BBC and others could not surpass this. All of that knowledge brought together in a digestible form. Inspiring and emotional for me.
Outstanding documentary work as usual! I have always been most impressed with these comet and asteroid missions as the precision required for them is so astonishing and yet we managed to pull it off.
I was in college when Stardust-NExt met up with Temple 1. The complexity of the necessary calculations needed to ensure that the spacecraft rendezvoused at the exact time to image the crater left by Deep Impact collision are difficult to wrap your head around! I have a science degree and am good at math, but I can’t even think how intricate and precise those calculations must have been, so when the mission was a success, I was extraordinarily impressed. The DART mission was the next leap forward for the study of near earth objects and the ability to detect and divert potential collisions with our home planet. The science done by the exceptionally brilliant scientists in the space agencies is evolving exponentially every mission.
I was in high school in the 80s when Halleys came around, and remember being in a barber shop with an old man who saw it before when he was about 10 years old. Our science class showed up at the school early in the morning when it was passing, to take photos and view it, but unfortunately it was very cloudy that day and we could see nothing. :(
Utterly extraordinary! My mind has been completely blown. It's not just the fascinating nature of comets but the ingenuity and audacity of the missions that were able to examine them up close. Wow!
Hope your better now, try vit d3, vit c, 10,000iu, zinc, all large doses, also a tincture from wishgarden “deep lung” telling you it helps a bunch to recover.
The greatest phrase one can hear in regards to science "we were wrong", it even beats "eureka". The more we learn, the more beautiful science becomes. I definitely do not mean this facetiously, truly it is a wonderful and humbling statement.
I remember watching Halley’s Comet when I was little with my father & grandfather. I think I was 6 or 7. I wish I would’ve realized the significance of it at that time. I doubt I’ll be alive to see it again with my kids. But hopefully maybe someone in my lineage will get the opportunity to see it twice.
@@Lavonne9870 good luck bud, hopefully we all can comment on this video in 2061 when we watch it. I doubt I’ll be around though. Heart disease & cancer run in my family but if I’m around, my great grandkids better wheel my but outside & point my head at the sky lol 🤞
Among my most highly recommended literary works is "Lucifer's Hammer," a collaborative effort by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournel. This epic novel explores the catastrophic consequences of a collision between Earth and massive cometary fragments, resulting in the near-annihilation of human civilization. Despite its age, the book remains a seminal work that introduced me to the concept of such an impact and its potential ramifications.
An asteroid that would have caused problems had it been on an Earth trajectory was successfully perturbed by an impact such that it would have missed, so we're safe from anything like that.
Great to see someone showing love to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournel. Niven got me through some tough times. "Bordered in Black" and "Flare Time", two of my all-time fave short stories. Cheers!
Shoemaker Levy 9 terrified me. If it had missed Jupiter it would have been hurled into the inner solar system right in our neighborhood. Im not an expert but Jupiter showed its worth during that encounter. However, at the same time, if the comet had missed, Jupiters gravitational influence may have hurled the many fragments helter skelter into the inner solar system, actually increasing our odds of getting hit by at least one of the fragments maybe more. Jupiter is both a blessing and a nightmare at the same time.
Earth has been a target on large scale a few times by asteroids. we'll be due for another extinction level impact in something like 500 million years. The moon, Jupiter, Mars all have been our shields and saviors.
That’s why many professionals say these Jupiter size planets are the first planet to their stars all over the universe. Earths big gas planet so far out is extremely rare which is why maybe our solar system is one of a kind, so no other life out there. Just us 😢
Thank you for this interesting, beautiful made video with interesting facts and wonderful pictures. You put alot of work inside these. Including your calm voice, which is very comforting to listen to makes it really masterpieces of documentary. Much better than most TV documentaries, which nowadays try to excite by 'whoosh ... whoosh .. zip zap..' zoom in, zoom out all the time and make me rather nervous. Yours should be shown on television, definitely
I’m always thankful when Galileo shows up in your videos Alex. My dad was the mission controller for that mission at NASA/JPL Caltech - and I also inherited an original architectural plan of the probe, 2500mm wide x 350mm height Thanks dad 🤎🙏
Since Carl Sagan’s book “Comet” written decades ago, this is the most in-depth, informative and entertaining work that I have come across with. Well done Alex. Thank you..
What physics, calculations and science is capable of doing is so amazing I get goosebumps. I love science especially science about the universe. And knowing what we can do stands in total opposite of how we behave with our wars and conflicts . The day we unite- the sky is the limit. Science in general is the most beautiful thing we as humans have achieved. I need to see more of this when I feel blue over the atrocity happening here on earth. 🎸😊🇩🇰
Great video. This made me think in more ways about comets than I thought possible. But, you should cite the music too? Stellardrone Eternity 50:25 . A favorite atmospheric setting to a wonderful scientific video.
Epic video! Amazing the accuracy we can achieve in space navigation and maneuvering. Space remains hugely difficult to fit into any recognizable frame of reference - seeing a 4.5km rock looking like something much smaller but with incredible resolution. Makes me wonder how some of those rocks maintain their grip on reality, laying round on the surface traveling through uneventful space for such long periods of time! Times when consciousness might be a disadvantage.
I saw a comet or asteroid once streak across the sky glowing green with a long green tail then I saw it blow up in a flash of fire and green it was very bright
I agree with the gentleman who said you have high-quality videos. you have an amazing voice. Also, when we finally got to see you, I was surprised how young you are. You seem wise beyond your years. Thank you for the Great, entertainment and education. You’re a great educator.
The best documentary on comets that I have seen that finally compiles all of the separate missions that we have heard about and their primary scientific findings. With the current crop of spacecraft going to asteroids I hope you can do the same but may have to wait until 2029 for Psyche.
@@epicgamernik76 it is not confirmed. Infact, there is an account from 1904 from John Morley (UK parliament) attributing it to Voltaire (French writer), in the book "Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version Critique and Biography". That book was around almost 100 years before Einstein's birth year. Saying that, alot of known Einstein's quotes were paraphrases of other peoples quotes, he was an intellectual (of course) and thus took in alot of knowledge and inspiration from those around him. Theres a great skeptics (stack exchange) post on the subject
No mention of Hale-Bop, which was also fully visible without telescopes? For shame!/lhj I don't know if you're old enough to know of, or remember it, but that is the comet that all true 90s gen kids remember. At least here in the usa, where I know many of us were able to watch it. In the southern part of the southern state Georgia, my and a friend's family gathered to watch it later than any young elementary age kid was ever allowed to stay up. One of the interesting hold-overs from the event was a Hey Arnold! episode featuring a made up comet inspired by Hale-Bop, and the importance being able to share multi-generational viewings of rare events like these, instead of allowing them to just pass on by with indifference. (Rare in the sense you don't need a telescope, at least.)
Shoemaker-Levy 9: I had my 12.5" set up to watch to see any reflections of the impact on nearby moons. Didn't, but it was a dramatic surprise to see the huge dark spots as they rotated into view. They were so huge we could see them with a 2" refractor later. Exciting days.
The amount of micro organisms that are sent up into orbit, yes orbit, is quite a lot more than just about everyone realizes. Micro organisms on satellites and generally speaking orbiting earth. Weather systems take them up. Nothing new there.
I know space exploration missions have been happening for some time now. Still it is so impressive to see scientists working together to fulfill these incredible missions again and again. One of the few times I am proud to be a Human.
@@raycar1165 Correct. Ice is very reflective. That is why they could detect it spectroscopically in absorption after the impact in the ejected material. Didn't the EU story tellers tell you about that? It has been in the literature for ~ 20 years. Didn't you bother reading it? Did you just take the word of unqualified mythologists who lied to you? Do better. They saw thousands of tonnes of ice, shed loads of dust, and not a single signal to indicate any electrical woo, in any wavelength you care to name. You were conned. Be less gullible.
Because you and i are born consumers, our entire life is filled with commercials. Or atleast it should be, i havent seen a commercial on the computer in 8+ years.
the middle part is getting electrically etched when its complete they turn into the common briquette type comet comets are electric electric universe was right
5:12 “Suisei” is pronounced more like “swee-say”. Japanese is phonetically simple for vowels. The “e” for Sakigake is same as “e” in Suisei. Suisei also happens to be the Japanese word for “comet” 😊
Look, you're absolutely correct, but it's hilarious to me that you had to use the other Japanese word pronunciation to help define the first Japanese word. Our Nihongo is not Jyōzu
Those images are so stunning and I do hope we will get to see more of them in the future! These tiny objects travelling through our solar system are so fascinating. I'd wish they made another mission to land on another comet. Thank you for this great video
Awesome super cut! I should mention that Armageddon was the film about sending a team of oil drillers to blow up an asteroid on a collision course with earth. Deep Impact was about a comet actually hitting earth. Both films are dreadful 😂
I know I’ll never see Halley. I turned 28 today and I’ve already had two strokes. 2061 is just too far. Shame. I love astronomy more than anything. I live in deep east texas 30 miles from the nearest town. No light pollution. I’ve been able to see the Milky Way in all its glory for almost my entire life. I can see the Orion Nebula with only binoculars. Most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Anyway, I hope my son will see the comet. He’d be living my dream.
I hate when the analogy of “with the force of ‘X’ atomic bombs” is used. Atomic weapons vary in scale, with some being hundreds of times bigger than what was dropped in Hiroshima. It’s like saying “the comet weighed as much as seven boats” lol
The ort cloud is theoretical. Or more accurately a figment of the imagination. Are you going to mention elements in the comet tails we analyzed can't form around water? Or need extreme heat and pressure to transmute? No probably not? Any mention of the possibility comets have been ripped from planets? No! Why would you? You seem to wear your bias on your sleeve. Did you know?
_"Any mention of the possibility comets have been ripped from planets?"_ Nope, because nobody sane thinks that is what comets are. Planets are rocky. Comets aren't.
@@TheEvilmooseofdoom I don't recall the elements, but the elements they retrieved from comet tails show the snowball theory not so. Apparently, comets and asteroids are ripped from planets? In giant electrical events ? Transmuted by forces where water can't exist. And where water would destroy certain elements. Or specific crystal formations that can't exist in the presence of water. Now that I think about it, I'm not real sure of the context of your question? I'm doing a lot of assuming. Anyway, there you go.
Experts - "Trust science, we know our stuff" Skeptics - "I think you need to do more testings" Experts - "Shut-up anti-science" (censors skeptics) Model proven wrong Experts - "welp, see this is how science works, trust science"
Because science is all about testing. You don't say to a bus driver "You should do more bus driving," except for implication of criticism. On the other hand, testing is all about uncertainties (normally, scientists are very upfront about this, because that's what they do. In their papers, mind you, not in comment sections.) I think they are right to shut them up.
as long I am not compelled to participate in their testings and experiment as lab rats and demonized if I resist I don't care how they do their "science"
I don't know whose fault it is, scientists or communicators, but it certainly is infuriating, how models and hypothesis are presented as facts so many times, just because they are the best guesses at the current time. Half of what I learned as a kid, and were presented as facts already proved to be wrong today.
@@clauslangenbroek9897Your first sentence: Not necessarily. String theory or search for dark matter or dark energy right now are substantially only on a theoretical base.
Never believed the theory that Earth got it's water from comets, pleased to be proved right. Sometimes in science you are right for decades while being insulted by all the bookheads.
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Great video
Plz make more longer videos/Documentaries on things like Jupiter, Exo-planets, scientific theories etc ❤❤❤❤❤
You may like to put content of various videos together
Yea, ive been into astronomy since before i had access to the internet. Im tired of asking a question like "why are some of the largest volcanos in the solar system in one area on mars? Wandering hotspot?" And i get some lecture by some dude who didnt even answer or speculate on my question. About earth plate tectonics.
Always wondered how a comet would impact the earth, turns out porus things are good insulators, and they move fast enough to not explode in the atmosphere
Love your channel, but your video titles have become a bit like click bait and they're often about "wrong science" which isn't wrong after all??????.
Back in the 1990's we lived deep in the Rockies, in Wyoming. I remember going out at night to view comet Hale-Bopp, and with no light pollution, the tail stretched nearly a third of the way across the sky and was greenish in color.
I saw the same on Guam.
Army training at Yakima at that time, none of the light pollution in Seattle/Tacoma, even used night vision glasses to see it.
I remember sitting in a hot spring on a mountain top in Colorado and just staring at the big gash and I had forgotten how the sky looked when I was a kid. Of course, the high mountaintops had us at an even better vantage point than I had back then.
Cool
I haven't seen a great comet yet, . only a somewhat dim one (at 5th magnitude) . . so I hope to watch the tsuchichan_atlas comet whitch is looking up to be pretty impressive . . hopefuly autumn weather won't be too much of an issue
The calculations to be able to rendezvous and take pictures of the comet is absolutely astounding.
Science is amazing.
r/theydidthemath
Yes! It's AmazinG!
It actually IS rocket science. 😉
Yes. Better not wear the wrong shirt tho.
"No way I'll watch over an hour about comets." An hour and 23 mins in, "oh, it's over already?" Thanks Alex, this was fantastic.
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As much as i want this feeling i just get so overwhelmed when i see a 1.5 hour video :S. expecting so much info because all the videos on this channel is so good, that i get so overwhelmed the video get's put on a "watch Later" list and i end up not watching it for way to long.
i love longer format videos but when its "educational" like this channel and not random waffling to gameplay from a game, not gonna lie it becomes to much for me.. i guess i what im saying is, love the videos, but think you could get even more traction by even just making these videos into a series of 20 min videos ^^'
I didn't even notice the video time at first. Got so into it🤣
I know it's been said, but I really enjoy your videos Alex. They are so professional, high quality and educational. Well done sir.
Alex - IMO, this documentary piece, by far, is the most interesting one you’ve produced. Thank you for sharing it with the rest of us.
I've watched alot of Varitasium, real engineering, Steve Mould, Nile red etc. But I only recently found your channel Alex. My biggest passions are engineering and space, and i must say, the quality, coverage, and composition of this video is 10/10, very well done and insanely interesting. Thank you for that! I hope to see more in-depth videos like this from you in the future! Definitely a sub and like from here! 👏🏼
I don't normally watch UA-cam videos of this length, but yours have been consistently interesting, informative, and of high quality. This was no exception. Excellent. Well done.
Just drops a full length movie sized vid, hell yeah!! Thanks Alex and gang 💙
I took part in the Stardust at home online identification mission, where you could sign up to identify microscopic dust particles in the aerogel. I spent many hours on that and found several particles, while zooming in and out through the layers of the aerogel. Computers couldn't do that at that time and the data was too large only to be inspected by scientists. Was really an interesting challenge
That’s so cool, what a great idea.
@@seaoftranquility7228 Yeah. It was called stardust@home. I was so glad to be able to do that- it was not work for me at all. It was like, WOW- I am allowed to research the aerogel myself.
Oh man! UA-cam is completely ridiculous nowadays ... I answered, yeah, I was so happy to be allowed to do this. The project was called stardust(at)home, because we all did it on our computers and it was a great pleasure and honor to me to see the aerogel myself and inspect it.
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I bet. I’d never heard of that before but it makes complete sense. Everybody wins.
I am just amazed... Not just by the beauty and spectacle, but also by the fact that I'm sitting here looking at these photographs and timelapses that we actually took with actual spacecraft... How is it even possible?? It truly is absolutely wondrous
I feel a strong melancholy/sadness sort of an emotion whenever there is talk about the end of the long life of a spacecraft. It's weird, they are just machines ... yet, I feel attached to them.
You need help. xD
@@tombullish3198you need help. This is a common feeling amongst those who appreciate science. You’re just not emotionally mature enough to understand
Same. This one probe that burnt up all its fuel and is now drifting in empty space, for near eternity: I felt that.
, as you didn't even get this was satire. You don't know anything but my level of emotional maturity which in itself already shows quite a bit about your own maturity and rather, your objectivity and reasoning skills, it is pretty much an ad-hominem.
Also it is not a ''common'' feeling to have feelings by a spacecraft coming to it's end to where it becomes melancholic, but that aside, you seem emotionally triggered by a comment that wasn't even meant serious in the first place. So instead of making assumptions about my emotional maturity, which is very misplaced, I would first question your own.
De quo factum.
@@tombullish3198 Cringy, pretentious drivel. @RB-fp8hn It's not weird at all. people feel sentimental towards many things that matter, and many things that don't. Just look at how people react when the moon moves in front of the sun temporarily.
One of the main scientists on the Rosetta mission was so excited when they thought the lander successfully landed and was stable on the surface of the comet that she was jumping up and down and screaming in delight. Then they realized the lander actually bounced off the surface and had tumbled and was wedged in a crevice and incorrectly positioned to do the intended experiments. She must have been devastated, but they only had a day or two to complete as much work before the power supply dwindled to nothing because the solar panels were shaded from sunlight. Years later she told her experience in a documentary video. The team was under extreme pressure to get the most out of what little time the craft had left so she didn’t have time to focus on the disappointing failure to land properly. The data gathered from the limited time was still a huge contribution to the field.
I'm really impressed that in the 80's they were apparently able to design a probe that could be hit, then stabilize itself, and resume communications with Earth.
In fairness, the Voyagers were launched in the 70's and are still rocking along, though I'm not sure if they ever had any "significant" impacts, probably something to look into later
It didn't stabilise itself. They managed to send a "shout" from Earth with code that would fix the orientation of the antenna.
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Okay, but how could the satellite receive this signal from earth if its antenna is not facing earth?
@@abooga8 because the voyager 2 had multiple antenna's and it was only the main antenna that was affected. They used the low-gain antennas, which main focus wasn't communication, but had sufficient capacities to allow engineers to regain control
@@powehi1710 I'm talking about the halley armada probe that started tumbling after passing through halley's coma.
What a brilliant video. The BBC and others could not surpass this. All of that knowledge brought together in a digestible form.
Inspiring and emotional for me.
Outstanding documentary work as usual! I have always been most impressed with these comet and asteroid missions as the precision required for them is so astonishing and yet we managed to pull it off.
I love the relaxing background sound / ambiance
With all the noise in the world today, I can always relax and reset my soul to a good tall cup of *Astrum*
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thank you for calling it a supercut up front
Really enjoyed learning about comets through the missions sent to it.
I was in college when Stardust-NExt met up with Temple 1. The complexity of the necessary calculations needed to ensure that the spacecraft rendezvoused at the exact time to image the crater left by Deep Impact collision are difficult to wrap your head around! I have a science degree and am good at math, but I can’t even think how intricate and precise those calculations must have been, so when the mission was a success, I was extraordinarily impressed. The DART mission was the next leap forward for the study of near earth objects and the ability to detect and divert potential collisions with our home planet. The science done by the exceptionally brilliant scientists in the space agencies is evolving exponentially every mission.
Likely, NASA scientists used A I to calculate correct space positions
Astrum team giving us one and a half hours of gold. Thank you, everybody!
Better than Gold! Platinum I tell ya
ur welcome bro
I was in high school in the 80s when Halleys came around, and remember being in a barber shop with an old man who saw it before when he was about 10 years old. Our science class showed up at the school early in the morning when it was passing, to take photos and view it, but unfortunately it was very cloudy that day and we could see nothing. :(
That is ok. Soooo many wonders to see… Keep looking up ;)
Utterly extraordinary! My mind has been completely blown. It's not just the fascinating nature of comets but the ingenuity and audacity of the missions that were able to examine them up close. Wow!
This found me while I was home with covid
I hardly ever watch longer videos
But I am grateful for this experience
What wonders you showed me ✨️
Hope your better now, try vit d3, vit c, 10,000iu, zinc, all large doses, also a tincture from wishgarden “deep lung” telling you it helps a bunch to recover.
The greatest phrase one can hear in regards to science "we were wrong", it even beats "eureka". The more we learn, the more beautiful science becomes. I definitely do not mean this facetiously, truly it is a wonderful and humbling statement.
i pre-ordered your book and i am looking forward to it, thank you for all you do! -peace.
thank you for this, i learned a good deal
I remember watching Halley’s Comet when I was little with my father & grandfather. I think I was 6 or 7. I wish I would’ve realized the significance of it at that time. I doubt I’ll be alive to see it again with my kids. But hopefully maybe someone in my lineage will get the opportunity to see it twice.
I'm in the same boat. old enough to remember it, wasn't old enough to appreciate it like I would now, but wish I could.
I also saw it about the same age, and I 100% intend to see it again. I'll be 81 when it comes back 🧓
If it comes back in 2061, I'll be 94. Totally doable as my dad lived to 93, and his sister to 91. Fingers crossed!
@@Lavonne9870 good luck bud, hopefully we all can comment on this video in 2061 when we watch it. I doubt I’ll be around though. Heart disease & cancer run in my family but if I’m around, my great grandkids better wheel my but outside & point my head at the sky lol 🤞
Among my most highly recommended literary works is "Lucifer's Hammer," a collaborative effort by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournel. This epic novel explores the catastrophic consequences of a collision between Earth and massive cometary fragments, resulting in the near-annihilation of human civilization. Despite its age, the book remains a seminal work that introduced me to the concept of such an impact and its potential ramifications.
An asteroid that would have caused problems had it been on an Earth trajectory was successfully perturbed by an impact such that it would have missed, so we're safe from anything like that.
Great to see someone showing love to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournel. Niven got me through some tough times. "Bordered in Black" and "Flare Time", two of my all-time fave short stories. Cheers!
Shoemaker Levy 9 terrified me. If it had missed Jupiter it would have been hurled into the inner solar system right in our neighborhood. Im not an expert but Jupiter showed its worth during that encounter. However, at the same time, if the comet had missed, Jupiters gravitational influence may have hurled the many fragments helter skelter into the inner solar system, actually increasing our odds of getting hit by at least one of the fragments maybe more. Jupiter is both a blessing and a nightmare at the same time.
Earth has been a target on large scale a few times by asteroids. we'll be due for another extinction level impact in something like 500 million years. The moon, Jupiter, Mars all have been our shields and saviors.
That’s why many professionals say these Jupiter size planets are the first planet to their stars all over the universe. Earths big gas planet so far out is extremely rare which is why maybe our solar system is one of a kind, so no other life out there. Just us 😢
I think Jupiter has a history of protecting the earth from space debris.
Lol. The comet was drawn by Jupiter's gravity. Why would it miss?
@@terrymckenzie8786That’s a selection bias.
Thank you for this interesting, beautiful made video with interesting facts and wonderful pictures. You put alot of work inside these. Including your calm voice, which is very comforting to listen to makes it really masterpieces of documentary. Much better than most TV documentaries, which nowadays try to excite by 'whoosh ... whoosh .. zip zap..' zoom in, zoom out all the time and make me rather nervous. Yours should be shown on television, definitely
I remember seeing Halley’s Comet when I was 23, and thought it amazing that it had been seen and recorded for centuries by others.
Best compilation about comets I have ever seen.
You were one second off from having a video length of 123:45 😢
😁 so close
God damnit, you just inadvertently triggered my OCD and now I'm in a crummy mood. >:(
@@MisterCuddlez 😭 I’m sorry bud.
Years later, the special addition will come out with 1 second of unseen footage.
Soooo, how long have you been autistic?
J/K
Amazing content as always!
I’m always thankful when Galileo shows up in your videos Alex. My dad was the mission controller for that mission at NASA/JPL Caltech - and I also inherited an original architectural plan of the probe, 2500mm wide x 350mm height
Thanks dad 🤎🙏
Wow!!!!
i really enjoy these longer videos, i can put it on and fall asleep to
I’m glad I’ve seen a few in my lifetime. I was too young when Haley’s passed. But Hale Bob and a few other I’ve witnessed.
Best comet documentary i have ever seen. Kudos to the TEAM of Astrum, job well done
Since Carl Sagan’s book “Comet” written decades ago, this is the most in-depth, informative and entertaining work that I have come across with.
Well done Alex.
Thank you..
I'm old enough to remember when decades outdated science books for kids said comets were "dirty snowballs"
I remember one science textbook saying comets were R rated snowballs.
@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
Maybe even P Diddy rated snowballs
@@kamakaziozzie3038 I heard that's what killed the dinosaurs.
they STILL say that.
Same here
What physics, calculations and science is capable of doing is so amazing I get goosebumps. I love science especially science about the universe. And knowing what we can do stands in total opposite of how we behave with our wars and conflicts . The day we unite- the sky is the limit. Science in general is the most beautiful thing we as humans have achieved. I need to see more of this when I feel blue over the atrocity happening here on earth. 🎸😊🇩🇰
Alex's voice sounds like a smile in audio form. :)
Oh this is a wonderfull documentary to sleep to ... Thank you ❤❤❤ The music , your voice, so calm , so delicate... ❤❤❤
I loved this 😎great informative time! And yeah Jupiter is definitely our guardian, I'm thankful to know this since a child ❤🎉
Great video. This made me think in more ways about comets than I thought possible. But, you should cite the music too? Stellardrone Eternity 50:25 . A favorite atmospheric setting to a wonderful scientific video.
Ahhh a fellow Stellardrone enjoyer
@@LanZadura-x7c I recognized it the moment it played! 🙂
This entire channel could be a show, and i guarantee you it would be highly rated.
Amazing video ! ❤ Very well made. 😺 I learned a lot. Thanks 👍
Epic video! Amazing the accuracy we can achieve in space navigation and maneuvering. Space remains hugely difficult to fit into any recognizable frame of reference - seeing a 4.5km rock looking like something much smaller but with incredible resolution. Makes me wonder how some of those rocks maintain their grip on reality, laying round on the surface traveling through uneventful space for such long periods of time! Times when consciousness might be a disadvantage.
I saw a comet or asteroid once streak across the sky glowing green with a long green tail then I saw it blow up in a flash of fire and green it was very bright
My grandad was a head of baillistic department (trajectory) of Vega1 and 2. I still have first photoes of comet.
Treasures I am sure ;)
Love watching these long videos!!!!
I agree with the gentleman who said you have high-quality videos. you have an amazing voice. Also, when we finally got to see you, I was surprised how young you are. You seem wise beyond your years. Thank you for the Great, entertainment and education. You’re a great educator.
I've looked at Comets from both sides now!😶🌫😎
Nice 😎👍
The best documentary on comets that I have seen that finally compiles all of the separate missions that we have heard about and their primary scientific findings. With the current crop of spacecraft going to asteroids I hope you can do the same but may have to wait until 2029 for Psyche.
Albert Einstein once said: 'Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former
When did he say this
@@epicgamernik76 Like million times in comment section. And people always cheer.
@@epicgamernik76 it is not confirmed. Infact, there is an account from 1904 from John Morley (UK parliament) attributing it to Voltaire (French writer), in the book "Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version Critique and Biography". That book was around almost 100 years before Einstein's birth year.
Saying that, alot of known Einstein's quotes were paraphrases of other peoples quotes, he was an intellectual (of course) and thus took in alot of knowledge and inspiration from those around him.
Theres a great skeptics (stack exchange) post on the subject
Universe and humans are the same thing, universe is stupid too.
@@oakley6889 Thank you for taking the time to comment. Very informative.
No mention of Hale-Bop, which was also fully visible without telescopes? For shame!/lhj I don't know if you're old enough to know of, or remember it, but that is the comet that all true 90s gen kids remember. At least here in the usa, where I know many of us were able to watch it. In the southern part of the southern state Georgia, my and a friend's family gathered to watch it later than any young elementary age kid was ever allowed to stay up. One of the interesting hold-overs from the event was a Hey Arnold! episode featuring a made up comet inspired by Hale-Bop, and the importance being able to share multi-generational viewings of rare events like these, instead of allowing them to just pass on by with indifference. (Rare in the sense you don't need a telescope, at least.)
It was mentioned.
I never suspected how big the word may really is! The possibilities of what may be cannot be overstated.
I remember staying up to watch the coverage of Giotto, hosted by Patrick Moore. My moon landing in terms of scientific TV.
Facinating Montage, Inspiring, Keep up the good work Astrum , perfect choice for your Narator, I love the way he clearly delivers the message.
One of your best episodes yet. Thank you.
Shoemaker-Levy 9: I had my 12.5" set up to watch to see any reflections of the impact on nearby moons. Didn't, but it was a dramatic surprise to see the huge dark spots as they rotated into view. They were so huge we could see them with a 2" refractor later. Exciting days.
This has to be the longest Astrum video I've watched in the 7-8 years that I've been a fan. Longer than the one on black holes.
Love this video. What I don’t love is a 55 second Ad every 7 min..
Use the mute and think about what you just learned ;)
It does seem heavy, even for google who's greed knows no bounds. I stopped watching.
Alex, really, this is one of your best videos you’ve ever made. So fantastically well researched information ! I could watch this for hours!🤣👍🏻😎
The amount of micro organisms that are sent up into orbit, yes orbit, is quite a lot more than just about everyone realizes. Micro organisms on satellites and generally speaking orbiting earth. Weather systems take them up. Nothing new there.
0:35 I couldn’t help but hear “Where did they come from? Where did they go? Where did they come from, comet eyed Joe?”
It's interesting that you pronounce it as "Hal - E", I grew up knowing it as "Hay - lee's" comet.
Me too but he is actually pronouncing it correctly
No
It's his accent
@@kamakaziozzie3038 The astronomer was English
The parent of both HAL9000 and Wal-E
I find the not only the discoveries mind blowing, but the fact we have the ability to chase after and intercept these tiny bodies in space.
I know space exploration missions have been happening for some time now. Still it is so impressive to see scientists working together to fulfill these incredible missions again and again.
One of the few times I am proud to be a Human.
I understand. We are too busy looking at and criticizing each other to look up…..
Where is the ice? Where is the snow?
Thousands of tonnes of ice excavated from the Tempel 1 impact. A shed load around Hartley 2 when it was visited in 2010. Plenty of ice.
@@davejones7632yeah because ice and snow always lights up when contacted by copper… 🧐
@@raycar1165 Correct. Ice is very reflective. That is why they could detect it spectroscopically in absorption after the impact in the ejected material. Didn't the EU story tellers tell you about that? It has been in the literature for ~ 20 years. Didn't you bother reading it? Did you just take the word of unqualified mythologists who lied to you? Do better. They saw thousands of tonnes of ice, shed loads of dust, and not a single signal to indicate any electrical woo, in any wavelength you care to name. You were conned. Be less gullible.
@@raycar1165 Yep. As observed spectroscopically. Your point was?
Excellent video and worth the time to view it. Many thanks.
Where did they come from?
Where do they go?
Comet Eye Joe
😁 nice
BRAVO!!!!!!!
Best yet!!!!!!
Thank you for such awesome science, and facts.
And thank you for sharing such an awesome world we live in.
❤
Why does astrums videos have so many commercials
get SponsorBlock addon ^
Probably funding to enable such high quality videos.
That's how this platform works. There are several ways to counter this, by the way.
Because you and i are born consumers, our entire life is filled with commercials. Or atleast it should be, i havent seen a commercial on the computer in 8+ years.
I am a UA-cam subscriber, so I get no ads
Alex you're on another level, thank you for sharing this ✨
"No way I am going to watch a 1.5 hr video on comets, only if it was a blackhole video maybe". 1.5 hours later typing this comment😐
Fantastic documentary, thank you!
the middle part is getting electrically etched when its complete they turn into the common briquette type comet comets are electric electric universe was right
You probably are the butt of a LOT of jokes.
_"the middle part is getting electrically etched"_
Not according to anyone familiar with physics. Or with the evidence from comets.
5:12 “Suisei” is pronounced more like “swee-say”. Japanese is phonetically simple for vowels. The “e” for Sakigake is same as “e” in Suisei.
Suisei also happens to be the Japanese word for “comet” 😊
Thank you. It's been slowly killing me the whole video.
Look, you're absolutely correct, but it's hilarious to me that you had to use the other Japanese word pronunciation to help define the first Japanese word.
Our Nihongo is not Jyōzu
Thanks, I will remember that for when I finally visit anime land in my favorite anime land outfit. You could say that they banzai charged that suisei.
Sorry sensei
Those images are so stunning and I do hope we will get to see more of them in the future! These tiny objects travelling through our solar system are so fascinating. I'd wish they made another mission to land on another comet. Thank you for this great video
Awesome super cut!
I should mention that Armageddon was the film about sending a team of oil drillers to blow up an asteroid on a collision course with earth. Deep Impact was about a comet actually hitting earth.
Both films are dreadful 😂
And then we have "Don't Look Up" which probably is the more realistic approach ^
Don’t Look Up was actually kinda hilarious
In my opinion one of your best videos yet.
I know I’ll never see Halley. I turned 28 today and I’ve already had two strokes. 2061 is just too far. Shame. I love astronomy more than anything. I live in deep east texas 30 miles from the nearest town. No light pollution. I’ve been able to see the Milky Way in all its glory for almost my entire life. I can see the Orion Nebula with only binoculars. Most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Anyway, I hope my son will see the comet. He’d be living my dream.
Hope, you will do it with them, though.
Happy birthday 🎉 and I pray you will still be enjoying astronomy in '61 🙏
Alex your productions are a fantastic incite in to the history of the solar system, I LOVE YOUR WORK
A thousand thumbs up for this channel!!! Great job! Thanks for sharing!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
I hate when the analogy of “with the force of ‘X’ atomic bombs” is used. Atomic weapons vary in scale, with some being hundreds of times bigger than what was dropped in Hiroshima. It’s like saying “the comet weighed as much as seven boats” lol
@JuiceBlack: When they measure some sort of force and compare it to A-bombs they usually mean the Hiroshima bomb.
@@paganphil100 yes, but how many footballs fields was it in size?
Thanks for the video brother Alex
IT'S A RAINY DAY TODAY HERE IN UK. IN SPACE YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BORING RAINY DAYS.
Do we have to worry about using caps lock in space?
@@ganjasage420 NO
@@TheWild90 😂 fair enough
IN SPACE YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT STORMS OF IONIZING RADIATION
Rainy Day Sun
Great video! Probably my favorite so far, we'll done!
The ort cloud is theoretical. Or more accurately a figment of the imagination. Are you going to mention elements in the comet tails we analyzed can't form around water? Or need extreme heat and pressure to transmute? No probably not? Any mention of the possibility comets have been ripped from planets? No! Why would you? You seem to wear your bias on your sleeve. Did you know?
What elements would those be?
_"Any mention of the possibility comets have been ripped from planets?"_
Nope, because nobody sane thinks that is what comets are. Planets are rocky. Comets aren't.
@@TheEvilmooseofdoom I don't recall the elements, but the elements they retrieved from comet tails show the snowball theory not so.
Apparently, comets and asteroids are ripped from planets? In giant electrical events ?
Transmuted by forces where water can't exist. And where water would destroy certain elements. Or specific crystal formations that can't exist in the presence of water.
Now that I think about it, I'm not real sure of the context of your question? I'm doing a lot of assuming. Anyway, there you go.
@@davejones7632 aren't you in for a surprise.
@@cokemachine5510wait till they find out about the polar configuration… 🤯
Incredible video. Awe inspiring images that I hope leads to an even deeper understanding of the universe
Experts - "Trust science, we know our stuff"
Skeptics - "I think you need to do more testings"
Experts - "Shut-up anti-science" (censors skeptics)
Model proven wrong
Experts - "welp, see this is how science works, trust science"
Because science is all about testing. You don't say to a bus driver "You should do more bus driving," except for implication of criticism. On the other hand, testing is all about uncertainties (normally, scientists are very upfront about this, because that's what they do. In their papers, mind you, not in comment sections.) I think they are right to shut them up.
as long I am not compelled to participate in their testings and experiment as lab rats
and demonized if I resist
I don't care how they do their "science"
@@clauslangenbroek9897Appeal to authority is a logical fallacy for a reason. Hubris is one of humanity's worse traits.
I don't know whose fault it is, scientists or communicators, but it certainly is infuriating, how models and hypothesis are presented as facts so many times, just because they are the best guesses at the current time. Half of what I learned as a kid, and were presented as facts already proved to be wrong today.
@@clauslangenbroek9897Your first sentence: Not necessarily. String theory or search for dark matter or dark energy right now are substantially only on a theoretical base.
Plz make more longer videos/Documentaries❤❤❤❤❤
Never believed the theory that Earth got it's water from comets, pleased to be proved right. Sometimes in science you are right for decades while being insulted by all the bookheads.
Lol dude doesn't believe how things work, but believes he's above the world's collections of data and experiments
Thanks for having faith. Having faith.. in yourself. You really got those book nerds. 😢
This was a fantastic video. Thanks so much!!
No, witnessing an extinction level event is not a once in a lifetime opportunity, unless you grow to be 100 million years old.
65 million would do it!
No, you're witnessing one right now, living in it. And rather wouldn't have been given this opportunity
Excellent summary, really enjoyed it.
If this is an update why are you still speaking of them as dirty snowballs? We now know they are charged pieces of rock..
No rock and no electrical woo. And nobody sane thinks otherwise. Got any evidence? Rhetorical.
It's not an update it's a compilation, quite the opposite.
charged pieces of rock...
_"We now know they are charged pieces of rock."_
Nope, you made that up.
@@davejones7632 no dude it's actually been proven through a probe sent...