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Sometimes it feels like space channels are all repeating/rehashing each other, but this video feels wholly unique and inspired. In general, that's something I appreciate specifically of Astrum content, but this one especially
Isn’t this a reupload of an old video? lol he made this years ago.
@@asherstribe5695 This is a compilation of his all Cassini videos. It's like a whole ass documentary this way.
@@asherstribe5695 Yes, as you said it is his content, and nathanaelcard described it accurately :p It doesn't matter if you don't like creators ever reuploading something they made regardless of context, one of the rare cases "just dont watch it then" truly applies
Astrum and SEA are my favourites
Astrum videos are art while many others’ are lectures.
Long Live Cassini
200$?!
US$ 200 damn 😳
Bro I watched this video for free😊
Wow thank you so much!! Long live Cassini
Well done :-)
The animation they did of Cassini entering the atmosphere always makes me tear up a little.
I really love watching this channel,very awesome and informative, we're you watching from?
The thought of human tech being in/ on another planet gives me chills. The fact that we have left a presence, not only on our planet but on others in this sol system l, is a testament and record of human activity for xeno- lifeforms to find in the future. WE EXISTED.
@@koalafie9008Cassini is completely gone. As for the others, maybe. We'll never know it.
i know! and how he worded the last moments of the satellite gave it such a human presence to the point it felt like watching a living entity take its last breath
Problem is, what will survive space? What if we're the last civilisation to have arisen in the universe and the reason we can't find anything out there is because none of it has survived? The chances we're alone are astronomically slim. No human-made tech will survive the journey in space it'll take to reach places other life may see.@@koalafie9008
The photo of Saturn back light from the Sun is just so stunning. Both from it's beauty but also it's the first time we've ever seen Saturn in it's entirety from the back looking towards our Sun. Breathtaking.
If they can do this for Saturn, then why can’t they take a photo of earth with the moon in the background facing the sun. It literally doesn’t exist, only artist renditions
@@jalene150because the moon is REALLY small and pretty far from the earth so I wouldn’t be possible to get that shot
@@jalene150 Good question. Everything that has been sent up since Apollo has lived in low Earth orbit. You get to see beautiful curvatures of our Earth but not far enough away from the planet to take such a shot. Last photo of full Earth was I believe "The pale Blue Dot" taken Feb. 14th 1990. Peace out.
@@jalene150We just don’t have any satellites in the right position for that. There doesn’t seem to be much of a point for putting a probe in that exact orbit to take a photo since there’s nothing else to really study there at the moment. We know a lot about earth and the moon haha
@@jalene150 why dont you send a satellite up high enough, and do it youself?
I had no idea the rings of Saturn were such an incredibly dynamic system
unfortunately in most public school systems. Astronomy is not a very deeply covered topic. Were just taught the surface level stuff until we reach university
@@nolanholmberg311 dude they taught us conestellations in my college astronomy class I was so upset
@@nolanholmberg311 but I did get to look at saturn through a telescope which was honestly a little life changing
@@nolanholmberg311I’ve only talked about astrology in Physics-Chemistry during high school and middle school.
@@kleanish I was about 11 or 12 when I first looked at Saturn through my telescope. It was a yellow blur with a little ring around it and I was so happy :D
Cassini-Huygens will be forever remembered as the gold standard for space exploration missions. It just went _so well_ as to almost be unbelievable. The entire thing was a triumph and everyone involved must be so proud. An incredible achievement and has scientific value and impact that can't be overstated. I do hope we can recover Huygens one day and put her on a plinth in a museum.
it made me poop a Lil
That'd be difficult, considering Saturn ate it.
I cannot overstate my appreciation and awe for Cassini, but Voyager 2 would like to have a word.
@@theusher2893 OP said recover Huygens, not Cassini. Huygens currently is on Titan.
And voyager 1 and 2 lifespans and distances traveled absolutely incredible for a four year mission! Voyager 1 has gone so far it’s left the solar system and now sending back incoherent messages of 1s and 0s … which my spiritual self finds very interesting and fascinating! Voyager proves we’re launched the year my 16 year Older Brother was born and when my parents got married as teens in 1977. 🥰 the quality of what we can see now is just absolutely unbelievable and in such a short amount of time!
Seeing Saturn through a telescope for the first time is an experience you don't forget. Even with 50X magnification it still feels like you're observing an ant-sized object, which puts into perspective how far away it is. But you can easily see the overall ring shape and just barely see the shadow of the planet being cast onto the rings.
I've seen something similar through a telescope once in my life. It feels unreal, I had to take a second look and was still questioning wether or not the image I was seeing was real. I started to wonder if someone had just taped a picture infront of the lens. In short, yes it truly is something magical!
@fireblow6842 ive seen saturn and jupiter through my 90060 telescope. It is...its just amazing. How humans have made a milimeter wide glass lens to look at something LIGHT YEARS away is just...i really think schools should at least show saturn and jupiter through a telescope to kids, it really hits something in all of us humans.
I found Saturn once, years ago, thru my telescope. Just stunning and mind blowing. However, even more so, was the fact I just watched it for a minute and I could see it traveling thru my field of vision! Even that far away!!
@@MacNeuvi I hope you're not suggesting that Saturn or Jupiter are light years away...
@@jovetj oh god no🤣 its literally backyard compared to the milky way
22:57 the though of the last "thoughts" of the Cassini being that of confusion and panic, wondering why it was tumbling and spinning out of control, desperately trying to stop, will never not make me cry.
23:07 The spacecraft went into safe mode after it recognized that it was tumbling. It put itself to sleep before the end. Its last thoughts were "My scientists and engineers will solve this problem; my data has pleased millions of people, and history will never forget; I am at peace."
@@satchelsatchel Thank you. That was very calming.
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Oh man, it was like XKCD’s “Spirit” all over again
@@Fishmanistmfw people anthropomorphize a spacecraft
If I ever find myself feeling insignificant in life…I watch something like this and feel even tinier and more minute than ever before.
when i see this i see how glorious GOD is...!and yes how big and tiny at the same time we are...
My uncle worked on Casini. He is very proud of the machining work he did.
The faithful steadfast little space vehicle went the whole distance for us. The glory of the people who created it will live on so long as there is history. There's good cause for tears of pride and joy. Thank you Astrum.
Alex I love your work, thank you so much. It blows my mind in the best way. You do what NASA's online presence (it seems to me) has always failed to do: you present it to us in a completely engaging and awe-inspiring way. Keep up the great work and keep inspiring us.
NASA mostly a place where politians and rich people send their sons.....that is why everything is overbudget and always requires other bussinesses participation..why only the seniors at Nasa do most of the true work
It’s a pleasure Sam.
6:15 that tiny, blurry, hazy picture of Titan’s surface, is one of the most incredible images ever taken…😮
Ranks right up there with the images from the recent flyby of Pluto, I'd say! And _those_ were *quite* spectacular.
Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system. 🌝
You're able to fully convey the astonishment, thrill and utter beauty one cannot but feel when looking at our marvelous Solar System. Thank you Astrum! A very useful endeavour and an eye opener for many!!!
This was one of the single greatest astronomy videos I've ever seen. Please make more.
Galileo would weep if he could see these formidable pictures superb episode, Alex. cheers!
Galileo ( and Kepler ) are probably in the afterlife yelling at those popes " SEE? TOLD YA!!"
I had closely followed the Cassini mission for years. I saw every photo released and read almost every artical about it. I felt really emotional when it was announced that Cassini mission was coming to an end.
The way you explain things is amazing, and I love how often you seem to cover a topic very few creators of similar quality have
Thanks for summarizing this and making another absolutely breathtaking video. Learned a lot about Saturn today.
What an incredible video, thank you Alex! Your content is always such an informative pleasure to take in :)
Never wanted this video to end. Just an amazing compilation and voice over.
It's impossible to say one is more remarkable than the next but the Cassini-Hy mission is quite possibly the most beautiful. Capturing the most spectacular portfolio ever created in the history of mankind.
Amazing! I've heard the stories before but to have it all summed and explained through your eyes was very beautiful!
My lovely Cassini! I look at the photos it has sent from Saturn system again and again every day. Thankful to the team that built it. Also to you for the videos. And Alex, When i first subscribed to your channel, you just had 100k followers or so. Look how big it is now! Spreading science through the dump of KZhead. Love from Turkey!
It makes me sad not to know if this kind of discoveries would be made again in my lifetime or at all. But at the same time, being alive at the birth of spacetravel and opening a window this huge to the universe and how it works kind of put´s me at ease, haha. And on a side note, with Carl gone, in someways his poetry and masterful comunication skills are still is engraved and alive on us. Astrum has kept that Sagan quality I´ve come to miss so much, alive.
Yet another truly astonishing video. Thank you! ❤
This is the best space video I have ever seen. I knew none of this. I had gotten bored with channels that focused on space because It was all the same stuff I already knew or had seen. But I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I just kept imagining I was sitting on a small moon rotating around Saturn's rings like you said. The pictures of the propagating waves in the rings blew my mind
I said WOW out loud like 20 times during this video. Absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing!
This is my favorite video of the year! So interesting! You really took me on a journey to Saturn 😊🪐🪐🪐🪐🪐
Tremendously fascinating video, thank you for sharing all of the beauty
Brilliant video. Very informative and I'm grateful to hear a nice, clear commentary, spoken with enthusiasm and wonder at what was being described. Thank you.
you all do an awesome job. this is one of the best cosmic channels on you tube
NASA really was like “some of you may die, but that is a risk I am willing to make.”
Except that it wasn't NASA who made the decision. It was the ESA. Europeans are brave and hungry for knowledge. Americans love money.
@@satchelsatchel but they did they decided to not let it smash into a moon but,in the words of one of the scientists on the program, one last dive.
lol.
*but it's a sacrifice Quote the movie right at least
@@satchelsatchelcope and cry...
Do not fear, Astrum is here! Love your videos as usual, Alex. Great job
Many, many goosebumps and tears here. Astonishing! Congrats for the video!
All I can say is WOW! What an amazing video you've made. Thank you and keep it up!
You're such a fantastic story teller. I can't believe I got weepy as you described Cassini's final moments...
lol~
Alex, you have painted an extraordinary portrait of Saturn, my favorite planet of the Solar System, outside of Earth. Not just because of it's beauty, but also because if it wasn't for Saturn's gravitational effect on Jupiter 4 billion years ago, there probably would not be 4 rocky planets, including Earth, orbiting the Sun. Instead they would probably be rogue planets ejected from their orbits to roam in cold, dark interstellar space and the Solar System would have a hot Jupiter. It makes me shiver to think about it.
Fab! A great summary of the mission! One thing that struck me was the rapidity of Saturn's spinning. Imagine a planet that big rotating every 10 & 1/2 hours. 5 hours day, 5 hours night.That's churning around incredibly fast!
What a great compilation, so beautiful ❤ thank you!
Why did watching this make me so emotional rofl I'm so embarrassed
Giovanni Cassini would be in awe if he saw this.
most excellent, brilliant, insightful and extremely educational video, Alex. many kudos
Wow! Thank You for an exceedingly detail comprehensive summary of Cassani mission and data dissemination and photographic renderings, quite awesome worthy of a study in some classroom. God Bless you my friend, Ken
Woke up to see a new Astrum video, best morning so far
Wait.....the Rings are a spiral groove!!!!! It a massive Vinyl Record, I wonder if it has data encoded on it, or maybe a kick ass banger of a music track. A bit like the gold disc we stuck onto Voyager :D
Scientists and 3D designers came together in 1987, and with a musician among them, the birth of the Rickroll took place. 🫡
@@grunerjunge5941 Scientist have got a lot to answer for, haven't they :)
@@grunerjunge5941WAS THAT THE RICKROLL OF 87!? (yeah a fnaf joke…)
If I was God I would record Rickroll this way
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Thanks for another great video, look forward to many more!
Thank you for this great summary of the Cassini mission. Here in YT, i also watched two videos posted by NASA with the technical details of the mission. Obviously the focus of the videos is on the Cassini probe itself and the people who managed it, but they are worth to watch if you have time to spare. Thank you Mr. McColgan once more. Greetings, Anthony
These images are why we need poets and writers. I do not have words to properly convey the awe and grandeur I feel
The Cassini-Huygens Project represents the absolute best in our collective endeavor to understand.....the universe....everything. This US taxpayer tips his hat to NASA, ESA, and any other agency with a hand in this, Well done, ladies and gentlemen. Well done!
Absolutely fantastic presentation. Your talent for story telling is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Great Job 👍 Thank you for this. Superlative and sublime.
nothing short of incredible
It's absolutely mind boggling the mathematics and ingenuity involved to slingshot a satellite from planet to planet.
I love astronomy and after watching this extremely well-done video, I feel more educated about Saturn than I have ever been before. Just fabulous. I have shared it. Thank you so much!
Such spectacular imagery of saturn and its moons, and this video does an amazing job of showcasing the stunning images that cassini-huygens took. I've long thought of Saturn's colours as being uninteresting compared to Uranus and Neptune, and only its rings and moons were of any interest to me, but this video completely changed my mind, Saturn is a spectacularly beautiful planet with so much intrigue and mystery.
Maybe we won't get another free ride out that far in the next 600 years, but I can't believe that we're not gonna come up with some other way to get out there before then. I seriously doubt these are the final close-up images we will see of Saturn. I love your work by the way!
We, those of us who are alive now, may not see them, but I bet our children or grandchildren will.
This particular combination of planets for series of effective gravity leaps is rare, but there are many others not so effective or even more suitable but also more comlex/time-demanding. No way we will wait next 6 centuries for next mission.
@@alexanderlevakin9001 I'm always in awe of the folks at NASA and other space agencies who figure out those sequences of flybys... truly gifted people.
The title has been changed now to say the last images from Cassini, not the final images ever.
@@alexanderlevakin9001 I am sure there will also be advances in propulsion. Someday gravity assists will seem quaint. Like sailing across the Atlantic.
Video suggestion/idea. What would happen to the earth if it became tidally locked to the sun? And what time of the year would you pick for the earth to become tidally locked to the sun if you could in hopes of giving humanity the best chance at survival? Personally I would pick the longest day for the southern hemisphere with the Pacific Ocean facing the sun. Water would have a better chance of moving heat around the planet and we would get to uncover the land beneath Antarctica. You'd also have multiple large land masses ( Asia and Australia on the east and the Americas for the west ) that would remain on the edge of day/night which would end being where all of us would live.
It's a nice concept, but humans wouldn't be able to survive it. One side of the Earth would be a blast furnace. And the other side, a blast freezer. And the temperature difference would create wind storms because of the differences. And the wind speed would most likely be highest right where you put us living. I worked in a blast freezer when I was younger. And the temperature in there was kept at -40 degrees Fahrenheit. And there are blast freezers that are even colder. The temperature on the side in perpetual darkness, would be a lot, lot lower than that. Cold enough to freeze it completely. It's a concept that's been written about by sci-fi writers over the years. But none of them ever really did research into the actual science of what it would be like.
@@thebigdog2295It’s not Iike it would happen all at once. It would be a million years of earth’s rotation slowing, well after the moon had been flung off into space, and plate tectonics had stopped. meaning the carbon cycle had stopped. A myriad of different things each of which cold render us extinct would already have happened. In short, we could not possibly survive anywhere near long enough to witness a tidally locked earth.
Amazing images - thanks for putting this together. I'd like to have seen much more of the Huygens lander, though - perhaps a separate video on that part of the mission?
this is the best video about the cassini mission I've ever seen. thank you
Best and most interesting video ever.
Pan is my favorite looking moon. It looks like a ravioli. Teehee 😋 👄
Many thanks for the outstanding and unique video materials as well as bright and understandable audio explanations. Accept my huge respect.
Thanks for this incredible video. It must have taken an amazing amount of research and time to stitch together.
I'm fascinated with Saturn, especially the big octagon
A rotating magnetic system may possibly find a way to act as either a generator or a motor. It can rotate more slowly (as it is not necessarily a solid) and generate a larger magnetic field, or vice versa. Physics 101. It is unlikely we have sufficient evidence to identify the unknown factor/factors*. The only mystery is our understanding. You are not alone. With you, bro. We do not understand either. 😎 * I have a feeling, but do not know, that this may share some similarity with the 3-body problem. Props for the beautiful images. Saturn is a Physics demonstrator.
I like to think of that, and that a solid core may be wobbling in precession like a top, the interference creating EM waves of a certain frequency, but the deep atmosphere has some big effects we don;t grasp yet.
What is very interesting is that energy transfer in such conditions is fairly lossless. Whenever different physical processes interact, this should interest you or anyone. We must understand such outcomes because our future is not certain. Energy transfer from core to atmosphere is unlikely to exceed 10%. The core is a hot and radioactive plasmatic solid. And massive. It is a sun that is too small to fuse. @@pauls5745
How extraordinary that even after all these data are gathered in that we still have so many questions regarding this wonderful world. Thank you.
I love how much depth went into this video, i love the Cassini spacecraft because it was launched the same year i was born in (i was a couple of months old) and when Cassini was sent to it's heavenly grave among Saturn's atmosphere i was 20 in 2017, and it was my best year i had. I always loved Saturn as my favourite planet, its just a mysterious and beautiful planet, so thanks to the people who built Cassini, the people who launch and to the people who received the data and of course to Cassini spacecraft that did a fantastic job for 13 years, collecting the data of Saturn and all of its system. Thanks You 😊😊😊😊
Why did NO ONE like your comment? Not that likes are extremely important but that was well said.
Ever? Really? That’s clickbait but here I am.
Can you imagine if this title was about Uranus?
He would go even deeper in Uranus.
Awesome video! I was picturing myself, like you were, sitting atop Daphnis watching the waves pass by. I also thought what a cool visual it would be for a VR video someday!
Great stuff. That bit about the lagging ripples at 21:00... so beautiful.
a 20 year old satellite, after travelling through open space for 7 billion km not being serviced or repaired a single time, no updates to its software or hardware - was able to send high resolution images 7 light years back to earth (it somehow also knew what to take pictures of and how to adjust it's aperature and zoom) while it was burning up through an atmosphere made of acid? but my phone dies in 4 hours and 2 inches of concrete is enough to completely cut off all reception. adorable.
Well was your phone made by NASA casini is a Nokia compared to your phone also it spent most of that time asleep
7 light years? You know what a light year is, right? It would take Cassini tens of thousands of years to travel one light year. Also, Saturn's atmosphere is mostly hydrogen.
When the death of a confused space probe brings tears to your eyes
Counting ripples in the rings! We just love counting rings don't we? Can't seem to help ourselves from coming up with some new way to do it. 🧐🧐 It is so amazing how much we already know about Saturn. Thank you so much for a movie of Cassini's plunge!!
I keep watching this documentary, this must have been the 4th or 5th. Never ceases to amaze me. Thank mr Alex!
Oooo. long video, exciting! Thanks!
Ah yes, gayseus atmosphere. gayseus hydrogen.
Accents are funny like that
right into the homosphere
The worst kinds of atmospheres and hydrogens 😂
Watching the amazingly beautiful images of Saturn captured by cassini and then realising that this spacecraft launched waaaay back in 1997, gets my mind blown each time when i think of it. At that time i didn't even know the term "Astronomy".
Thank you for this deep dive into Saturn. As much as Saturn seems (to me at least) a chaotic place, its beauty is unmistakable. My line of work provides a word you touched on - that we are fortunate to be here at a time to see and explore Saturn and its receeding rings. Indeed, we are. The word we know as "blessed" translates to the word "happy." How appropriate. Engineering and art have their own beauty and testify to that fact to those who are blessed (happy) to behold them. I, personally, marvel at the vastness and variety of creation. So much to study, so much to explore, and so much to enjoy.
I like how we are able to see God's creation in this perspective.
BIG THANKS to Cassini and all her crew! Awesome work :)
Another beautiful narration, Alex!
Amazing video Astrum - the soundtrack was really empowering
We should have one probe like this orbiting every planet in the solar system
voyager 2 did a flyby to all gas giants
@@SaneGuyFrthat's crazy, anyway...
@@DirtyBobBojanglesgriffith????
@@AizenSosuke-zi6dj no I don't roleplay as anime characters on KZhead.
It's a bummer that they had to destroy this plucky little spacecraft. This thing has to be in the conversation of pound-for-pound spacecraft champions. Thanks for putting such a comprehensive video together about this *cough* stellar *cough* *cough* machine. I'll just slide out the side door now. Cheers!
Wow, so well produced. Wonder-filled!
Always fascinating to watch your vids....
I remember watching its final plunge live (NASA livestream). Very sad moment.
Damn loads of porn bots in this comment section
Gone already 👍
I was a senior in highschool when this mission launched. And after it arrived at Saturn, I was so excited to see the images. I love when a NASA mission goes well beyond the original plans.
The narrator's voice makes me love this channel especially his tone so delightful and charming.
The only problem I have with this channel is the click bait video titles.
You are correct. Excellent videos marred by unethical marketing.
So 5000 deaths from cancer is an acceptable risk for NASA! Isn't 0 deaths more acceptable? What a very nice organisation!
I mean the first moon mission was much more 9/10 chances of death, given our tech levels. And they were already shooting people into space. So. Maybe that helps put into perspective that uh...they aren't all that concerned with life 😭
By this logic cars on roads should be unacceptable because the chance of any one dying from car accident is millions times higher than chance of Cassini probe falling to Earth. Hundreds of thousands die in car accidents every year. If everything, which has even a small chance of killing people, is unacceptable, then almost everything is unacceptable. Cigarettes and alcohol should be banned for sure, for example
This is for sure the best episode I've seen.
This is one of the most underated Space video i've seen Thank you very much
Awesome! ... and a very fitting choice of the music! *(Michael Garrison, Album: In The Regions of Sunreturn, inspired by the Voyager missions)*
I really enjoy this content, well played.
Outstanding video!! Subscribed.
Thank you for the work you do for us.RESPECT .