Growing up with shows like Star Trek, these videos, if nothing else, show me just how far we have come, and just how far we have to go...equally impressed and frustrated lol

@jerseybound717

12 күн бұрын

Just think of how much further we would have gotten if people didn't lose interest in NASA so early on. We lost a lot of tech and things to be able to push more people into space because the public got bored and didn't want to pay taxes to Nasa anymore. Nasa's budget doesn't even show on a scale to the defense budget,

@Ritziey

12 күн бұрын

i dont know about u.s system but doesn't it depend on the ruling government to decide the allotment of budgets for nasa or defence etc. they could allocate a little more for space science @@jerseybound717

@ntsejfamyaj

11 күн бұрын

Lucky you. I grew up watching Trump criminal and civil trials, along with Ukraine combat videos.

@musicbro8225

11 күн бұрын

@@jerseybound717 I don't think it's fair to blame all of common man (to be un-pc) - we are guided by our economies and those who drive them. If they get bored with it, or more to the point, couldn't see the profit in it compared to the industry of destruction and reconstruction then what could you or I do to change that? We have been 'inspired' by corruption and war with psychological manipulation and misinformation, as if that is our true nature - we could have been lead down a more loving and cooperative path. Trouble is we could never know because we give in to our 'devils' with barely a whimper, the cynics have won.

@doug8515

11 күн бұрын

Human's are still playing with expensive fireworks, 'star trek' is a long long way off yet...

Bepicolombo is such a silly name; I love it!

@Taverius

12 күн бұрын

It's named after Giuseppe "Bepi" Colobo, an Italian scientist working for NASA who figured some of the weirder orbital mechanics things for Mercury flybys in the 70s for the Mariner program. We wouldn't really have much data on Mercury without him.

@user-un8tv1pp8m

12 күн бұрын

Granpa columbus.

@Deletirium

12 күн бұрын

It sounds like a childrens' educational cartoon. A dancing blue bear or something.

@jerseybound717

12 күн бұрын

When you find out it's named after Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo

@hyperturbotechnomike

12 күн бұрын

My name is Giuseppe Bepi Colombo, but everybody calls me Bepi Colombo

did anyone else initially think the Manley crater was named after Scott Manley?😂

@Vinemaple

12 күн бұрын

"Manley by name but not by nature, eh?" --Connie Bloor

@Thepher6

12 күн бұрын

Clearly this imposter didn't fly safe, leaving the crater and all

@IvanRodriguez-tl2zr

12 күн бұрын

33434 Scottmanley: Am I a joke to you?

@rickde0602

11 күн бұрын

I certainly did! Fly safe.

@user-un8tv1pp8m

7 күн бұрын

I knew it was not - but I too did think about him with a _"youtubers probably will be used as honorable namings at one point"._

Alex, I thank you and your team for expanding my old brain. Your voice and ability to explain the subjects is just wonderful.👍🙏🇦🇺

Pampu facula sounds like something I would call someone when I’m drunk.

@advicepirate8673

12 күн бұрын

lmao

@ElDerpy

12 күн бұрын

said it regularly when i worked in an italian restaurant and the chef would stomp on my feet when passing

@wyattboothby5285

12 күн бұрын

Sounds like something I'd call ME when I'm drunk..

@michaellee6489

11 күн бұрын

Aaaaaahahahahaha lmao!

@nickychimes4719

10 күн бұрын

It's from Harry potter mate, it's actually a spell to summon a big sandwich

Great work, you produce better content in higher quantity than entire tv networks. You are going to be like Carl Sagan for many young kids. You make me happy the internet exists.

Gotta say. All your vids are very informative. Stuff like this should be on tv.

Starting my fascination with space when as a junior school kid our teacher brought a radio into the room so we could hear the broadcast of the beeps of Sputnik 1 it is mind-blowing to have videos and reports such as you do on Astrum bringing real images and data that were mainly in artist's ideas and writer's imaginings in Astounding or other SciFi magazines. Thank you for such a great channel and real human narration.

This is a boon for the common people who on earth wants information like this.Thanks Astrum

Uploaded 9 minutes ago, perfect timing I'm watching this for sleep now😂

Alex, I found this presentation fascinating. Wow, that final audio clip was awesome . The images provide us with so much detail of our distant cousin planet . I do love hearing your presentation.

Love the videos were you talk about space missions!

13:07 Alex, for some unknown reason the timbre of your voice wakes up my robovac and it sits there asking for further instructions 🤣 Not the first time I've noticed this but only seems to happen with your voice in particular 👍 Great content.

"Oh, excuse me, sir. I'm sorry, sir, but another question just occurred to me."

@nathanddrews

12 күн бұрын

"I can see that you're really very busy and I don't want to be a bother..."

@mrsupremegascon

11 күн бұрын

You know, there's just one more thing that’s been nagging at me, Mr. Mercury. You've got this solid core of yours, see, and it's unusually large, bigger than what folks usually expect for someone of your stature. Mind if I ask how that happened?

Awesome! Thank you Astrum! ✨

Wonderful video as always! Thanks for the great content!

Love it! Science is awesome. I wish people would stop spending so much time and money on mythology and focus on science.

@ElysetheEevee

12 күн бұрын

​@@Reformsqua That's a huge claim you're making. I'd beg to differ. Humans are STILL working on multigenerational and international projects to this day that have very little to do with either, apart from possibly being a belief of the scientists involved in some manner (generally religion). That's far from making it the core basis for doing the research in the first place.

@Lavonne9870

11 күн бұрын

I wish they'd stop spending the money on trillion dollar jets that ultimately got canned, and spend it on research or infrastructure.

@badlaamaurukehu

10 күн бұрын

I love how people get all bent about "mythology" while never actually studying the subject. Almost like it's some sort of allergy. On the other hand, many of the top scientific minds in history were fascinated and inspired by it. Still are.

@kevinsayes

7 күн бұрын

“Amen” lol

Hope your throat feels better soon! Strange that I've watched so many of your videos that I can hear a rasp in your voice. Thanks for yet another informative and inspiring video! As a neuroscientist who wishes he'd become an astrophysicist I am often glued to your videos!

@lexinwonderland5741

12 күн бұрын

funny enough, I went the opposite direction. May we both find better fortune in our new pursuits! interdisciplinary knowledge is responsible for huge amounts of scientific progress, so I have no doubt you'll be more than welcomed in the field!

So interesting, congrats for this video!

New episode just before bedtime, thank You! ❤

Fascinating!! Great work!! Love this channel

Thank you for another beautiful upload

Great Content! Thanks for the upload.👍🏻

I have always been fascinated with Mercury along with Pluto ever since I was 10 years old. Back in the 70’s, thank you very much for your ongoing info. In the intriguing universe.

@MrTonaluv

10 күн бұрын

Yes I grew up with both Mercury and Pluto underexplored. I guess they weren't a priority compared to other planets. Also Pluto was ridiculously far away which is a big reason TBH.

loving these vids keep up the good work :)

cheers from Santiago Chile!!!

What an amazing presentation. Thank you, Alex, it was simply beautiful.

That 1st audio clip took me back to my days of looking at SONAR displays.

@davidrees1840

12 күн бұрын

...and the 2nd one is Jimmy Page!

@WombuNan

10 күн бұрын

@@davidrees1840LMAO

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

Love your channel, but please consider never doing a betterhelp sponsorship again. They are an incredibly scummy company and do not deserve to be supported in any way.

@brettsheridan6881

10 күн бұрын

Really hey? Can I ask why you say this? Have you had an experience with them? Forgive my curiosity.

@JunoStella-cj8kg

10 күн бұрын

@@brettsheridan6881 I've never used them personally but some of my friends have and have had a bad experience and they are not alone from what I've heard online, also they sell your data to companies like Facebook and Snapchat, it's gotten to a point where the FTC has considered stepping in and making those data sales illegal.

@astrodyte8199

10 күн бұрын

I second this, in good faith. Genuinely curious.

@snipey47a

10 күн бұрын

Can’t get BetterHelp in Australia and yet, I am just as curious. So I third this and with as much good faith as those who replied before me.

@GU-jt5fe

10 күн бұрын

for everyone asking BetterHelp doctors talked over me and then tried to convince me i was gay for some reason. do not use them

Love your vids Astrum

How do you think we can tell everytime someone's smiling, just by the sound of their voice? I'm always puzzled by that. Alex always starts off smiling, then gets a little more serious, then half smiles the rest of the time. It's so weird how you can immediately hear the voice change.

@justinmason5042

12 күн бұрын

It’s probably really difficult to keep that up for the hours and hours that it takes to record something like this lol

@HelloThere.....

10 күн бұрын

Your voice changes depending on the shape of your mouth.

@Sniperboy5551

10 күн бұрын

@HelloThere..... Yeah, but it’s interesting how we can interpret those emotions so naturally.

@stevoo3237

3 күн бұрын

It's because he is using Better Health

Love your work alex😁

Sounding a bit under the weather, hope you're doing well! And thanks for awesome content as always

thank you so so much , I really love your videos.

Great video is always! Also, I understand sponsors are greed to have to be able to keep videos going. However, please, if you could reconsider the sponsorship with better help. Their practices are quite unethical and would love to see an improved vetting system or practice with feature sponsors

@robinbinder8658

11 күн бұрын

imma add this channel to my blacklist. how can they seriously still do this !!! its truly baffling...

@shootingblueyes

11 күн бұрын

Scott Manley makes better quality videos on similar topics, I highly suggest him as an alternative

@Sniperboy5551

10 күн бұрын

@robinbinder8658 Bye, I guess. Why does everyone have to whine about sponsorships? He’s not forcing you to buy anything… he’s making his money.

@Yezpahr

10 күн бұрын

​ @Sniperboy5551 It's just a phase... like when everybody said "wazaaaaa". Now everybody overreacts over a (proven) sham sponsor. And truth be told, it's not even certain he gets paid. They might throw around terms like CTR/CPM and say it's bad so they pay less or they want you to do another video. Established Titles started this whiteknighting phenomenon, they overdid their scam by also scamming the creators and now every sponsor gets scrutinized 10x more.

@MrOskiee

9 күн бұрын

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Alex, LOVED those "sonified" audio clips. How Eerie and Beautiful!

If all there was to watch was Astrum's videos, I would still be happy :)

@Deletirium

11 күн бұрын

If you like Astrum, you'll enjoy Anton Petrov. Similar vibe, soothing voice, makes esoteric and complex subjects accesible. Nice guy, too.

@-UnchartedSky-

11 күн бұрын

@@Deletirium I also love the wonderful person, Anton :)

Love your videos.

Any truth to the rumor that the space craft was named after the Buca di Beppo restaurant chain?

Great video. So looking forward to BepiColombo's final arrival and the information we'll receive. Hope all goes well 👍

Thanks for this video Alex.The ability for us to "hear" the data brings an amazing quality to astronomy.

"Two probes and a propulsion module". The image shows four objects: Transfer Module, Planetary Orbiter, Sun Shield, and Magnetosphericc Orbiter. Can make heads or tail out of that.

@francislutz8027

12 күн бұрын

It's a heat shield/sun shield. It's a simple piece of metal formed to he shape needed. Chill Winston!

@wyattboothby5285

12 күн бұрын

The sun shield is a completely passive module. It has no flight systems, sensors of scientific value or data collection purposes. It's basically a lens cap that gets jettisoned when the orbiter separates from the other components. But yeah, it is technically four sections, so I caught that too. I think he just left it out because it doesn't have a cool acronym like MIO.

@fr57ujf

12 күн бұрын

If the two probes are the Planetary Orbiter and the Magnetospheric Orbiter, is the Transfer Module the Propulsion Module?

@dielaughing73

23 сағат бұрын

​@@fr57ujf that would seem a sound guess

great video

So damn fascinating.

Good content

THAT is what synthesizers were designed for! At least, in part. Early synth designers didn’t see them as limited to being musical instruments, and therefore did not include keyboards. ANY transducer capable of producing an appropriate voltage was fair game. Those guys would have loved this! (As do I.) Thanks for sharing this, Astrum!

I'm still so impressed by the incredible planning that resulted in this probe making it as far as it has. And super excited that its orbits will begin in my birth month, hehe!

0:53 actually the constellation of pisces is 350 light years away 🤓

@thorr18BEM

12 күн бұрын

Gamma Piscium (γ Psc), 138 lightyears, magnitude 3.70.🤓 Omega Piscium (ω Psc), 106 lightyears, class F4IV, magnitude 4.03.🤓 Revati ("rich"), otherwise Zeta Piscium (ζ Psc), 148 lightyears, class A7IV, magnitude 5.21.🤓 Epsilon Piscium (ε Psc), 190 lightyears, class K0III, magnitude 4.27.🤓

delicious insight catered to all of us directly to our pockets and homes. such a wonderful time to be alive, cosmologically speaking :))

Cool video bruh 👍

So cool! I have never heard of BepiColombo before... it's a catchy name!

@bellytripper-nh8ox

12 күн бұрын

AND A MADE UP NAME.

Such goofy sounds, I love it ☺️❤️

finally it's time for this mission to give us data. it's been ages. first time i heard of it was in 2012 on a German space podcast called "Raumzeit".

Thanks, Alex! Your Astrum channel should be standard course material for all high school-level STEM curricula. (oh, and saw my Patreon star 😄🚀)

Did anyone else think he was calling the craft "Baby Columbo"? Great video as always!

I gotta believe that the extra cost of sending it up with more rocket propellant to they can scrub more speed faster HAS to be worth it if it might shorten the mission time by months or even years.

this is the earliest i’ve been. love your videos! 🌌

I can only imagine what a sunrise must look like there!

@Gdub-ok7ur

6 күн бұрын

Very long. Mercury's day is almost twice as long as its year. About 176 earth days long.

You revive my youthful wonder!

Sounds like Alex has cold. Take care of yourself, buddy!

Thanks for such an excellent video. Question: what are the background lines at ~10:21?

Que grande el pibe colombo

Better help was not helpful to someone I love who needed help. Love you Alex.

Extraordinary

I wish I had a news app on my phone that was purely outer space news about new discoveries curated by Astrum

9:27 The Orb's latest album insane!

So the magneto field sounds like something from Pink Floyd. Interesting!

I've had the privilege of a long life as a very interested science observer (science is my passion but it don't pay Squat). From the early 60's thru to mid 70's school years thru to now, I've witnessed the evolution of what I call High Layman information regarding Science (Mercury). My opinion with a Dollar added will get you a 2nd day Doughnut at the Deli, with that said I think Mercury was a Neptune type gas semi-giant that's had all it's upper gas and liquid atmosphere blowtorched off. We had a Hot Semi-Jupiter but not any more.

@Astronomical_YouTube

11 күн бұрын

Sorry, but that's not the case. At 0.4 AU, Mercury is still far enough away from the Sun that evaporation would take a long, long time. So much time, that the amount of craters we see on it's surface wouldn't match with the amount of craters that we'd expect to see. It'd be noticably off. Of course that's not even mentioning the fact that hydrogen and helium were a very sparse gas in the inner solar system, making Mercury - closest to the Sun and least massive planet in the inner solar system - at the lowest chance of ever developing into any form of gas giant.

@Titus-as-the-Roman

11 күн бұрын

@@Astronomical_KZread- Sir, you're most likely quite Correct, for brevity I 'Try'(*) to keep short as possible but there a point here most missed, I've spent a Long lifetime with various scientific facts, set in stone with all agreeing it's truth, only to be turned on it's head 10 years later by new and more complete evidence. I've seen it time and again, be careful on how hard you hang your hat onto Any Theory, nothing worse than eating scientific crow, as for me I'm a dumba$$, don't care how wrong I may be, professionals' another story- (*), don't always succeed. P.S.- example Hoyle's refusal to admit to any other universal theory but his Own. He was never regarded with the kind of respect he once had before the debate.

@illarionbykov7401

11 күн бұрын

​​@@Astronomical_KZread"hydrogen and helium were a very sparse gas in the inner solar system" how can we know that now?

@Astronomical_YouTube

10 күн бұрын

@@illarionbykov7401 because if it wasn't, all terrestrial planets would currently be gas giants.

@Astronomical_YouTube

10 күн бұрын

@@illarionbykov7401 very good reply. I gave you a perfectly clear response; which wasnt just ''because it wasnt'' read my reply again and observe how there is more text after that. Your reaction is basically ''lol you're lying'' without providing an objection to explain to me why i could be wrong. The distribution of gas and dust in the early solar system is a researched topic, and the fact that you're clueless about it doesn't mean that science is clueless about it. In case you want me to tell you more about early solar system research, or ''ancient alien scrolls'' as you like to call it; the reason of the abscense of hydrogen and helium in the inner solar system is because of the sun's radiation. The outward force from the solar radiation pushed out the lighter elements to further distances from the sun, where the solar radiation was less extreme, leaving heavier atoms like iron and silicate behind. That's how we got the heavy and dense terrestrial planets in the inner solar system, and less dense gas planets further from the Sun.

The fly by sounds straight out of the movie Sunshine

Does the isotope for the calcium on Mercury match the calcium in our bones? Is the skeleton of life and the drake equation dependent on heavy late bombardment exiting debris between proto planets?

very nice video, thank you. And thank you for not having one of those annoying A.I. narrations. BTW, are you from the same place as the actor Alan Cumming (somewhere in Scotland, I think) there is a similarity in the sound of your speech.

@Deletirium

11 күн бұрын

No.

I'm excited to have my name attached to the Clipper Satellite mission to check out the Europa oceans.

I was reading it as " be epic Colombo " 😂

🙌🏼 🙌🏼 🙌🏼 🙌🏼 🙌🏼

Pampu Facula and the Beagle Rupes is my new band name!

a much better use of the wealth that the planet generates than weapons, I'd say.

Nice

First!? Always cool videos Astrum! Hello from Poland!

Those sounds remind me of creepy ambient music tracks used in some sci-fi, lol. Trippy.

08:27 the random banjo twang sent me

Everything about astrophysics amazes me because it is all possible when one day, a man had an idea about what he saw with a prism in sunlight.

When we understand Mercury better, i hope that will help us terraform venus!

I sleep to this stuff every night

The name Mio reminds me of Sailor Mercury, Ami Mizuno. She wields the power of hydrokinesis, water/ice power. The fact that Mio means "waterway" is such a befitting name for this mission ❤

I've read and seen Solaris!!!!

@Deletirium

12 күн бұрын

I've seen the George Clooney version...

What happens to the craft after it orbits Mercury for one or two years? Do we crash it into Mercury - or the Sun?

By the first pictures you showed, I had expected the name of the mission to be M.2-NVME...

BepiColombo: just, just one more thing, i couldn't help but notice while passing by Mercury....

I wonder how it fared with these latest CMEs

8:22 that made a toob sound.

The second soundbite needs to find its way into a jungle tune lol

Mercury over here in front of the sun yelling "Mr. President Get Down!"

Things I never expected to happen, "hearing" mercury

So long, and thanks for all the fsh. (Fish with no eyes).

8:13 Plastic pipe falling

NASA releasing some sick dark ambient tracks

Aliens: 'we be like hello guys!'' Earth: 'nah mateys, we scienced your shits out'

Mercury and our moon will be the future battle grounds !

How is the intense light of the sun eliminated in the images taken by Bepi?