Saturn: The Solar System’s Greatest Jewel | BBC Earth Science

From rupturing moons to walls of rubble 2 miles high, the dramatic transformations of the Ringed Planet are phenomenal to behold.
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[@sstandarsh]

To even be alive in a period of space exploration makes us complete outliers in history. How could anybody not find each new wrinkle of information entirely captivating?

[@dliap98]

i say this with the utmost affection and respect - i just love listening to these nerds talk about space. they are so thrilled about it even after having done the job for often decades, and i don't blame them. the first woman's excitement has made me smile so much already

[@DanOla]

Cassini, one hell of a spacecraft.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Earth, having the laws of nature as evidence. Earth is a habitual planet with the proper gasses to sustain life. The universe is full of anomalies, and gasses that can kill or sustain life. A random selection, depending on the energy produced in the solar system. The solar system is a body of colliding energy moving in the universe, with a sun as its center. Drawing massive energy, feeding like an amoeba. The laws of nature, we are here to feed the planet, in return, feeding the sun until it becomes a supernova moving in the milky way that moves around in the universe, feeding the universe. Which is another body of energy.

[@aerohk]

Crazy people are getting paid to do cool stuff full time with no expectation of economic return. I call that advanced civilization.

[@yotinpimohktiw7766]

I am a type 1 initial attack wildland firefighter. One of the first things we learn is the fire triangle. We learn it so we can suppress fires using different methods and materials. One constant is the triangle. You need 3 things in order to have fire. 1.OXYGEN! 2. Fuel 3. Heat. If you take one of those 3 things away, you will never have fire. Now you know a little about fire. Why is it relevant? How do thrusters work in a vacuum you call “space”? Where are the logistics for all these “satellites”? I call them Satans lites. Space craft? You mean Witchcraft, don’t you? I am a whiz ard lol.

[@aerohk]

@@yotinpimohktiw7766 When you fart, your rear becomes a thruster. No fire required.

[@urbanracer032]

@@yotinpimohktiw7766 They use oxidizers in space.

[@disguy145]

Imagine one day far into the future when we can at least travel inside the solar system and see all of these with our own eyes. Makes me kind of regret being born too soon.

[@scienceoftheuniverse9155]

😂😂😂

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Earth, having the laws of nature as evidence. Earth is a habitual planet with the proper gasses to sustain life. The universe is full of anomalies, and gasses that can kill or sustain life. A random selection, depending on the energy produced in the solar system. The solar system is a body of colliding energy moving in the universe, with a sun as its center. Drawing massive energy, feeding like an amoeba. The laws of nature, we are here to feed the planet, in return, feeding the sun until it becomes a supernova moving in the milky way that moves around in the universe, feeding the universe. Which is another body of energy.

[@FLAGMACHINE11]

You are born at the right time to be able to see them at an observatory or a telescope. I'm very glad we can

[@BronCraftINC]

In the future we would be overcrowded here on earth and would run out of resources to use, you are born in the perfect time

[@ajlang1447]

I don't think humans will ever be able to achieve that.

[@gemstonesparkle7915]

The first editing, with the atmospheric ambience music and soft spoken narration is much much better that this upbeat music and fast paced narration of the rest of the video. It kills the vibe.

[@Lisi_Mxo]

Knowing BBC they probably fired that first editor.

[@foxfreeman1672]

Agreed

[@Missnips24]

This guy is the best narrator on KZbin

[@riofestarini]

It's Zachary Quinto 🖖

[@RuralJuror420]

@@riofestariniwait are you serious? I was sexually attracted before but now I’m sobbing wet (sophisticated)

[@ashokkumar-se5sl]

ACCORDING TO INDIAN MYTHOLOGY SATURN IS VERY BAD AND RELATED YOUR KARMA GIVE YOU PUNISHMENT 😊😊

[@TJSaw]

He’s Spock, after all.

[@hjembrentkent6181]

Him or Liev Shreiber

[@RiverRat_1977]

Cool animations!! The same effects tore apart the Shoemaker-Levy Comet before the leftover material collided with Jupiter!!! The live video of that event is the most magnificent piece of film- showing just how volatile and active seemingly open space really is!! The resulting energy released was incredible!!!

[@El.Duder-ino]

Exploration is knowledge and fortune always favors the brave.

[@just_kos99]

There's an awesome young adult sci-fi story called "The Secret of Saturn's Rings." A scientist is trying to stop mining on Earth's Moon, because he thinks it'll ultimately lead to it breaking apart. He and his son go to Saturn to investigate the rings to see if it might've been a moon in the past, and discover ancient artifacts from an alien race. Seems they over-mined THAT moon! Any way, it's a great story for kids and teens, that's when I read it decades ago.

[@litenlyss]

Thanks for sharing this! Its always nice to go down the rabbit hole with the participation of fellow curious people in the comments❤

[@olorin4317]

Amazing work, thank you. So sad to hear about budget cuts and layoffs at NASA.

[@raviwanr7708]

Just Purely Beautiful.

[@fredlandry6170]

This was a great series.

[@atinbx]

Thanks cassini

[@abulkalamazad7839]

Thank you ❤

[@andcut7520]

More like this please 😛

[@josephrion3514]

Is that the voice of Zachary Quinto who played Spock on Star Trek 2009?

[@sunnyday_lemonbars]

yes! 🎉

[@just_kos99]

I didn't think about the narrator till I saw this post, then thought, Yeah, that does sound like him!

[@ConcreteLand]

You could be right! Sounds a lot like him.

[@lamontodufuye113]

The laws of nature and the power of the universe is incredible to see. It’s also so unbelievable that I notice how small,powerless we as humans

[@Michael-tk9mx]

One day people will come back to this video having seen photos from titan and that's pretty cool to think about

[@sanmitrabhattacharyya1185]

SATURN! YOU BEAUTY!

[@ObamAmerican48]

Really interesting. Can't imagine what it's taken to make this voyage.

[@jefersonsilva1673]

Ótimo documentário. Pena não ter dublado em português 😢

[@pedrocruz4409]

Great video! But it finishes just like that??!?

[@sharinaross1865]

Cool graphics.

[@davidcopson5800]

Very good, except for the somewhat abrupt ending.

[@djohanson99]

More I watch more questions I have. What would cause the rings to vary in height? The one image of the shadows is convincing. But how's those peaks and valleys form?

[@tetsuoshima2314]

Overall good but weird editing, and why was the end cut off? We know Titan has liquid methane oceans etc.

[@12oshinko]

The dramatic music is distracting

[@sriramv3589]

Born too late to explore the world and too early explore the universe.

[@veo16]

Sylas makes a good narrator.

[@theldaniel170]

That’s sick bro🪐

[@foreigninfluence]

11:55 as long as we don’t find protomolecules there we are good

[@movieclips4523]

Earth is the jewel

[@dell9483]

Why? Earth doesn't have rings

[@davidg1612]

You end this video on a cliffhanger? Lol

[@Maksenstein]

No man on sight, I repeat no man on sight..

[@adeelliaqat5899]

Imagine being a habitant of that moon

[@nandhusnair2947]

And watching sunset along with saturn rings☺️❤️

[@JVR10893]

@@nandhusnair2947possibly the most beautiful view in the solar system. The fact that none of us will ever get to see that is a tragedy.

[@spencerderosier6649]

Read the ring makers of saturn

[@bozhidarmihaylov]

Just don’t crash with the first tree!

[@tabparty]

I love the Cassini mission. What the hell is going on with the editing? It's jarring, random, and feels rushed.

[@devantenorris2121]

gold

[@dimarcobowes3926]

What are the lakes??? 😮

[@tumbleddry2887]

Methane....liquid methane

[@RuralJuror420]

Literally rocket fuel. Liquid methane. We could use Titan as a gas station to the stars

[@reapy557]

Methane. It's liquid at the temperature and pressure on Titan's surface.

[@djohanson99]

Titan cold. Propane or butane(phonetically spelt) exist as liquids. Where on earth they'd be gas. Cold on Titan.

[@olsen3127]

That’s cloud city

[@pranititiwari6525]

🙏👍🎉

[@pippipster6767]

Gravity … don’t let it get you down.

[@Furqan_]

he sounds familiar

[@davidwilcox8913]

Likely hydrocarbon lakes! Or possibly nitrogen!

[@philoutonami]

"I mean is that cool or what hahahah" 😂

[@Andy6969ful]

Pathetic that in 2024 we are still insulted with software illustrations instead of real live satellite video. Amazing how we can see earth in crystal form but can't see anything outside of earth.

[@kipitoshoe980]

Its solid gas lake.

[@MrIrrepressible]

Jupiter has rings too

[@reapy557]

True. As a matter of fact, all gas giants in our system have rings, albeit they are very faint. Saturn's are by far the most pronounced, leading to it being traditionally known for them.

[@MacXtc]

Ow... I like the starter music...

[@callanparsons8707]

The footage , script and music is from professor Brian cox series ‘ the planets ‘

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

The mega object that tilted Uranus could have thrust Saturn's ice moon into the upper atmosphere. Same thing with young Earth and the collision with the planet that formed the Moon. Asteroid belt forming into what we see today. Young Mars being bombarded with solar debris from the Asteroid Belt. Pluto being struck thus forming Charon, escaping orbit as a moon of Neptune.

[@caleschley]

Would be better without all the drama

[@voycressv460]

Are you so sure about earth, there are hundred earths better than ours.

[@harrisdizdarevic5797]

The moment i hear a voice that lacks emotion i suspect AI. This isn't ai tho.

[@GilesMcRiker]

Yay girl powet!!!

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

It's not quite Uranus, but still find love for Saturn... darn you Shodan!

[@mattsmith5421]

Can't stand documentaries that keep cutting to "experts" for them to chime in 3 sentences that the narrator could easily of said.

[@AstroZombies00]

A REALLY REALLY LOT LOLZZ😢😂😂

[@bashar1991VICTOR]

Scientist has blue hair . Oh nooooo a crazy one

[@mjallen1308]

10:41 “A really, really lot of images…” is it just me or does that sentence not make sense?

[@holysong2099]

Yup, It's just you.

[@olorin4317]

It makes sense, but it sounds a little clunky. What doesn’t make sense is that it made you leave such a pointless, nit picky comment. Oh well.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

A whole bunch

[@finniancurran2449]

try harder

[@davidcopson5800]

We understand it but the syntax is poor.

[@terrencejenkins7995]

Jesus spoke and Saturn existed about 6,000 years ago. Psalm 33:8, 9 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

[@Russia-bullies]

As there is no good explanation on how Saturn’s rings were formed,they maybe a construct of e. t.

[@containedhurricane]

Could we send an underwater drone to search for life forms in Europa's or Titan's sea

[@rockyyams]

Thats a good costly idea

[@erm12341]

You wouldn't want to do that because of contamination You can accidentally decimate alien life that may reside there with bacteria/virus from earth And the oceans are under 70 miles of thick ice ...

[@nicholashylton6857]

That's the long term plan. NASA's Europa Clipper probe is due to be launched later this year. It will image the moon's surface and use radar to "see" underneath its surface. Meanwhile here on Earth, NASA is experimenting with tech to melt through kilometres of ice.

[@tumbleddry2887]

Pretty sure that's already on NASA's drawing board

[@arcobrunner1979]

With a huge drill to dig through the ice 🙂

[@nastyboots5617]

All the gas planets in our solar system have rings

[@davidcopson5800]

But none as spectacular as Saturn's.

[@petergibson2318]

Automatic craft can explore the Solar System much better than humans. Humans have to Breathe and Eat and P and S and are extra-ordinarily expensive to keep alive in space. The Apollo astronauts on the moon just placed a few instruments while stumbling around in their heavy clumsy spacesuits. Automatic probes don't have to go to the bathroom...or breathe.

[@petergibson2318]

P.S. When the computer HAL (2001 a Space Odyssey) decided that humans were not needed for the mission HAL was being perfectly logical. Now you know why HAL wouldn't open the door.

[@arcanum4]

Arcanum 8: Justice The Eighth Arcanum signifies strong ordeals; it is rectitude, justice, equilibrium. One must seek for performing good deeds at any cost, because the masters of medicine, when in regards to someone who is sick and is dying, always intend to save that person because this is the law. They accomplish the duty of performing good deeds. The initiatic ordeals are enclosed within the Eighth Arcanum. Kabbalistic Sephirah: Hod Hebrew Letter: Chet ח Transcendental Axiom: “Thou shalt edify an altar within thy heart, but thou shalt not make an altar of thy heart.” Forecasting Element: Guarantees retributions, punishments and rewards, gratitudes and ungratefulness, compensations for given services.

[@WoodlandT]

7 minutes in the becomes unwatchable

[@deanvm9158]

Or it could be an asteroid hitting that supposed planet that turn it into millions of boulders. It's all a theory. Nobody knows for sure.

[@reapy557]

Not really...

[@bethgoldman2560]

I think when we find “life” it might not be carbon based and breathing oxygen. I’m of a mind it’ll be silicon based and breathe either CO2 or Methane.

[@abiofficial-ws7pn]

7:04 Isn't Titan farther than 872 million km?

[@shadowlaw809]

The God of this world...

[@Sudhirjairam130687]

But how did the moon got there and got formed is the gravity of Santurn is to big .

[@reapy557]

Could be a capture of a random moon-sized object flying by.

[@kentcurtis2336]

Sicarios 💙

[@arisaga822]

Don’t trust gravity, gravity is assho

[@Robert-nz3te]

The Earth is a trillion times mire beautiful than saturn. Earth is the harbinger and sustainer of life. Without Earth you wiuld not be here to give such a wrong statement.

[@litenlyss]

😂this is not a beauty pageant

[@DjAmerillion]

So you're building a completely autonomous aircraft with A.I. to explore an area on its own(Titan) 746 million miles away🤔...sounds easy👌😅

[@RuralJuror420]

That’s why the entire project has taken more than a decade to be green lit and costs billions of dollars. Also there’s no AI involved in this project, but keep using buzz words and pretending you know what you’re talking about buddy!

[@RahulDasgupta-mf8qq]

PhD

[@Dazzerdt1885]

I find it interesting in how Saturn has a hexagon on its north pole and Stonehenge is shape as a hexagon and they did worship at one point the Saturn god.

[@AdrianCarlisle]

So many instruments to confirm life but they never attach these to rovers🤷🏻‍♂️🤪🤭NASA Never A Straight Answer

[@reapy557]

They do. science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/science-instruments/

[@johnjohnny2905]

Zzz

[@jayden4717]

The crazy thing about this documentary is that non these are facts. They are all theories.

[@reapy557]

You definitely do not get the scientific definition of 'theory'.

[@TJSaw]

I’m sorry but Saturn isn’t the solar system’s greatest jewel. It’s our Earth.

[@dimsky5355]

Nope, earth sucks, because there are species there who are ungrateful enough to know they are given the chance to be alive. War, greed, corruption, hateful, killing or sacrifice each other for money, wealth, pride, the list are on and on and they will never change.

[@XenophonQ]

Earth is our home, so much more than a glittering jewel like Saturn.

[@109sssss]

Earth smells

[@randomshit65]

You must be fun at parties huh💀💀💀💀

[@MaloPiloto]

I sure agree, TJ! Our beautiful, under-appreciated, rare Earth……

[@ykkfamily]

9th 😊

[@Enthalpy--]

JEWel

[@l8rdlordz797]

More like our solar system .ost evil planet

[@reapy557]

What

[@AngelWatson-fu7ub]

Saturn is a gas planet too.

[@reapy557]

This whole thing is about Saturn... ? And nobody said otherwise ?

[@superbuneary8819]

No, the solar system's greatest jewel is uranus

[@reapy557]

*ba-dumtss*

[@patmugambo7929]

May we know that all these explanations might be false ..it could also be a planet that didn't form well and got trapped by saturn

[@rakshanda2656]

I wonder who the women on the video are

[@Robot_repeater]

One is Carolyn Porco. She was responsible for imaging on the Voyager missions as well. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Porco

[@justalilred]

Earth can't be flat? Explain the rings, flat donut world, I think yes

[@jasonchrisco842]

Wow. Stay in school kids...please...so you don't end up looking this uneducated. There are ONLY live feeds available to watch proving this stupidity. 😂😂😂

[@jamesdaniels9418]

You're not really very bright are you.

[@David-cv1se]

You can't physically prove a solar system

[@Powerneck]

Are you sure ? 🤣

[@CharlieLeal13]

Dragon fly is going to fail I’m not impressed with these people that are in charge of it

[@lose8447]

Jupiter is bigger

[@RuralJuror420]

What an insightful comment

[@davidcopson5800]

@lose: Nobody said it wasn't.

[@anguscharles4928]

Trying to explain how d ring form saturn that is speculation they dont make sence God is d one who created everything and thats how it is full stop

[@reapy557]

God is a lie.

[@hanifkharoti5914]

Alot of fake and misonformation in thos video

[@RuralJuror420]

Clown

[@jamesdaniels9418]

Sharp as a marble you are.

[@MetFansince]

Yes, there is no Saturn. It's a Chinese hoax

[@AryanKumar-ng7py]

There is nothing in the cosmos 🛰️😢😮

[@reapy557]

Look up. Right now. See that big fucking ball of fire ? (Or those billions of lights and that rock above you) It's in the cosmos.

[@jordangodgamer1519]

First 🤫🧏🏻

[@wedding_Barcelona]

“But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.” (Matthew 19: 30)

[@seanmccue7963]

First 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓

[@jordangodgamer1519]

@@seanmccue7963lol ik

[@audiofilius1]

Jesus sucks

[@ryan1111111555555555]

@@wedding_Barcelona Ahh good old straight forward, no none sense, clear, precise scripture.

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Saturn is the ringed planet. Jupiter is the gas planet.

[@seanmccue7963]

They both have rings its just harder too see on Uranus or Neptune I can't rember which one

[@arcobrunner1979]

All the outer planets are gaseous

[@LavendLady]

Saturn is also a gas planet comprised of 2 gasses: hydrogen and helium.

[@olorin4317]

Confidence goes best with correctness.

[@jonathanwade5744]

⁠@@arcobrunner1979Uranus and Neptune were reclassified as ice giants in the 90’s when it was determined they were composed of different elements than Saturn and Jupiter

[@segniw9220]

They have no clue about space

[@RuralJuror420]

And I’m sure you do. Do tell me more about how you know so much more than other people who devote their lives to studying this stuff. God I wish I had the kind of confidence of some clown like you. The scientists who built and run these projects do more than you’ll ever do.

[@jamesdaniels9418]

You don't know enough to comment on the subject.