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[@TheAdditionalPylons]

The fact that cryovolcanoes on Enceladus are creating one of Saturn's rings is one of the coolest things I've ever learned.

[@yakarotsennin3115]

If you think that's cool, then I'm about to blow your mind. Where the rings are positioned over the equator of Saturn, it rains from the rings down onto Saturn. Yep you heard me, liquid water / water ice rain.

[@erintaylor4297]

Yup..how much of its mass is now in the ring? Does its gravity recapture it as it goes around Saturn?? Wow

[@HiGlowie]

Im still stuck on how cryovolcanoes and their infinite coolness.

[@tanyah1354]

@@yakarotsennin3115 I found this out today. - Mind Blown!

[@leomartin1603]

Why isnt there REAL PHOTOS of the probe going through the plumes?

[@noeldenever]

"We're several decades away from having another mission to Enceladus" Well thanks for giving me a reason to survive this bleak year (and for your fabulous work, as usual)

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

Astrum could also be a motivation coach

[@dabu3]

Several decades away. 😥

[@BrotherCreamy]

But is this year really that bleak? I guess it depends where you live, but it's not like you're living in a WW2 bomb shelter.

[@KanishQQuotes]

Watch your diet, and exercise 8 glasses of water and hold the salt

[@grugamersriseup7299]

Don’t worry , by that time we will have better equipment so it will probably be a probe in your lifetime

[@flyingdutchman913]

I can always tell Alex has a smile when he's narrating.

[@dogydoo1098]

He's a robot.

[@w1lDstYLe]

@@dogydoo1098 robots smile, too.

[@DeuceGenius]

good narrator

[@Pllayer064]

He's high

[@nickamato7553]

Brian Cox is that way. Always has a smile.

[@AstrumBrasil]

What a wonderful moon it is. And what an incredible mission Cassini went on. Hoping that new missions will be chosen for this mysterious world. Amazing video Alex.

[@bmthel24]

Why did you copy of Astrum channel ;-;

[@AstrumBrasil]

@@bmthel24 Hi BM Thel, we are not a copy, we are a team ... currently in English with the official channel, with Spanish on Astrum Español, and also in Brazilian Portuguese with Astrum Brasil. Our goal is to reach as many people as possible by sharing our passion and knowledge in astronomy. If you know someone who speaks these languages, please share the content. All the best Dennis - Astrum Brasil

[@Jellyman1129]

It’s a cool planet.

[@JoacoG11]

​@@AstrumBrasil based

[@UpperDarbyDetailing]

​@@AstrumBrasilhopefully the team can add translations in Arabic, Indian, and Chinese too. You could reach most of the planet then.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

Believe it or not, Enceladian geologic features are named after characters and places mentioned in The Tales of the One Thousand and One Nights, or, briefly, The Arabian Nights.

[@jeffbenton6183]

They probably should've picked a bigger moon or planet to use all the names in that book...

[@martinhorvath4117]

So I'm guessing there is a place in the Universe which is called Ali Baba. hmmm

[@ilijabosnjak76]

Martin Horváth 😂 😂 😂 👍❤️

[@solsystem1342]

@@ilijabosnjak76 google translates the emogi's into the same emojis but in a different order and number. I am confused...

[@ilijabosnjak76]

@@solsystem1342 Don’t worry 😉 Bob we love ❤️ you

[@Gryflir]

This moon is proof that Saturn is preparing a snowball fight against other planets.

[@iapetus6110]

Europa is also the proof Júpiter is also joining the Snowball fight

[@christianpetersen163]

Earth: "Moon, turn into a snowball!" Moon:" I don't think I have what it takes :(" Earth:" Fine, I'll do it myself!" Life:" Oh no, not again..."

[@iapetus6110]

Tethys:hey i look like a Snowball too!

[@joseislanio8910]

But it's cheating by hiding a rock inside the snow

[@warpdrive9229]

I guess that's why US made the Space force.

[@rikhardrrr]

this is such a great channel! not many videos but the combination of narrators voice, great choice of music and beautifull images makes it very special and exceptional :)

[@tonypoore440]

Agree 100%

[@raidermaxx2324]

best narration voice ever

[@namelastname4077]

Think I've seen most videos on this channel. This one is one of the best so far!

[@Newsguy2024]

@@namelastname4077 000

[@bozhijak]

You pretty much said what i was going to say. Very good.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

What a beauty of a moon. Looking forward to the next missions exploring this stunning moon.

[@whatwerethechances]

*Me hoping for a mission to Uranus’s moons*

[@darkmadder9897]

Yeah they need to drop a NAUTILUS under there!

[@eyeball5578]

There won't be any soon. First they are sending a probe to titan

[@Agonizingly943]

Mercury

[@tonypoore440]

@@Agonizingly943 nothing to see on Mercury.

[@CharlyDeamen]

I really wish that we lived longer than 100 years. This century is looking to be chockfull of fascinating discoveries, and I'm already feeling too old to be there when they are made, and I'm in my 30s. T.T Edit: fixed typo, and wow. Thanks for the likes. I'm humbled!

[@SuperTonyony]

*chockfull

[@joshuaidugboe214]

Dont worry you still have 30-40 years left

[@oliverjacobs8594]

Nah on average he'll have around like 42 years left

[@gregbors8364]

Don’t worry. There’s a solid chance you will live to see the end of the human race

[@paradoxical_taco]

I’m 50 & I agree with you, so much will be learned, and I know won’t be alive for so much. I hope I live to see us land on Mars & send more missions to the moons in our solar system that might have life on them, and even proof of that life. A bonus would be SETI finally getting a signal it can confirm.

[@Vienna3080]

“The moon is one of the whitest object in the solar system” Clearly NASA haven’t met my Uncle

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

underrated comment

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

That's bc NASA are busy studying Uranus.

[@garypeatling7927]

Or my bottom

[@nebtheweb8885]

Nasa doesn't study depths of intergluteal clefts.

[@garrygraves3848]

😁!

[@yoBigWave]

Cassini is and will always be my favorite mission. So much learned from it.

[@gcnelite5983]

Cassini truly was a revolutionary mission when it comes to outer solar system exploration. Not only did we land a probe on an object 1,500,000,000km away, but explored Saturn and its moons in phenomenal detail. We seriously need another mission to Saturn, but this time we can focus a lot more on the moons.

[@br2266]

I will always see this moon's name as Enchiladas.

[@shawnlee6775]

Ayy lmao

[@yaboiminecraff]

Now I can't unsee that lol

[@absmiz9899]

Lol good one

[@LexiGee]

Great, now me too

[@scottwilliams4963]

Same...same. Had to delete my comment. We are related.

[@nevermind-he8ni]

Conclusion- all planets and moons look like an avocado when you cut them open.

[@jessicaortman5371]

Lol

[@nias2631]

Thats a tasty solar system.

[@BlackSakura33]

Well yes - a geologist

[@siddhunkarthik]

Hahhahahhha 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣that too closeup shot of Avocado

[@solsystem1342]

Unfortunately, some moons are undifferentiated so they're the same all the way through (save for where the surface has been altered due to exposure to the sun and meteorites).

[@semaj_5022]

I absolutely adore this channel man. Every episode is so good. So carefully and thoroughly produced and your narration is on point. Also Enceladus is by far one of my top 3 favorite solar system moons. I hope we can get a probe there in my lifetime.

[@theFLCLguy]

Just imagine how much science we could do if NASA and the military swapped budgets.

[@darth856]

I still can't get over how small Enceladus is. It looks like a tiny snowball next to our moon.

[@brandonhealy7158]

Love that lol

[@burjalmadre]

Im so happy Im alive to see these true images of other celestial bodies in our neighborhood... its so beautiful, so mind blowing

[@aXelRedfield]

I love listening to you while going to sleep so much, please start a podcast oe something where you talk like this, these 10 mins video are not enough for me I've seen them all like 100 times.

[@siddhunkarthik]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍👍👍👍

[@Adriaticus]

Have you checked out John Michael Godier?

[@FloozieOne]

Imagine, a moon that makes a ring. Incredible and even more incredible that we can detect it. I never realized how small Enceladus is, it is hard to remember that moons come in all sizes since you rarely see them side-by-side. You did a great job of explaining that both by pictures and by narration, so thanks for that. It is disheartening to think that I will probably never learn what secrets Enceladus is hiding. With the next mission not likely for 20 years and now 68 y/o and in poor health I won't live that long, but there are plenty of other missions and places to explore that I will be eagerly looking forward to learning about.

[@johna8759]

Have faith old man

[@kanazef]

[@absolutelypositively]

@@johna8759be nice. You’ll be an old person one day. If you aren’t already. Time speeds up, or certainly feels like it does the older we get.

[@RummyLPs]

I think I just found my new favorite extraterrestrial object :)

[@Somebrero]

Same! 😁

[@factzeeofficialyoutube9183]

I love ENCELADUS WE WOLL LIVE THERE ONCE SUN BECOMES RED GIANT 😎 HUMANITY WONT DIE

[@andreiherta4688]

@@factzeeofficialyoutube9183 no they will live on titan

[@otterssilver7299]

Could encelodus be a representation for what earth was when it was a snowball. Also could it be a possibility for a future home when the sun decides to change and becomes enlarged?

[@tilmerkan3882]

Drinking Game: One shot for every time he says EncelAdus.

[@alexeikafe5388]

I believe it is not a representation of what Earth was like when it was a snowball, as it had atmosphere and the thickness of snow was much less than the ice thickness on enceladus.

[@alexeikafe5388]

Could it be a potential home when the Sun becomes enlarged? Considering that that is so far away, if humanity is still around I am pretty sure we'll have already reached other stars, so we will have found better places surely. That said, probably humanity would be able to live there, despite somewhere like Titan seems nicer due to the atmosphere, as, despite it is unbreathable, it makes living there easier

[@alexeikafe5388]

With far away I meant the enlargement of the sun in terms of time

[@otterssilver7299]

@@alexeikafe5388 yea I realize it is a extremely long time in human life time. I know our star is roughly halfway through it's life span so it will be millions possibly billions of astrological years before it starts it decline. Thanks for you answer.

[@Oveyz]

Thanks a lot as usual for the hard work Alex, these long form in depth videos about objects in our solar system are some of your best!

[@johnnynitetrain32379]

I love going back and watching these videos a 2nd or 3rd time after like a year or two…. I’ve been watching your channel since at least 2016 or 17 and am always informed, intrigued, and entertained…the reason I’ve told so many people about your channel for years now. Keep up the great work man! Cheers.

[@ABeastTheSizeOfAHill]

Alex, you are part of the main hope in this world right now, with everything looking so bleak, hope for the future is more important than ever. I love your wide eyed wonder and you belong in the international space community (federation?) in my opinion. Maybe humans could make the trip to Enceladus one day with rockets coated with semi conductors that absorb space radiation as protection and fuel and we can dive through the vents in a long thin shuttle to cut through the upward water pressure. You're the best.

[@ogreshire9026]

EVERYONE from the future is nice, but wait!&?/#% I’ve said too much

[@NickJoyhill]

If Astrum uploads, stop what you're doing and click and enjoy. Another astonishing piece of art from you as usual! Keep up the good work.

[@himbourbanist]

Enceladus is a Winter Wonderworld. It must be protected and preserved. It's the blue sapphire of our solar system. In all seriousness Enceladus is so ridiculously beautiful and pure looking; the blue stripes are one of the most incredible features on any celestial body in the Solar System. It should be turned into a museum moon and never harvested for resources.

[@Shabash]

I would love to watch a video about tidal locking and orbital resonance!!! You always mention them and the effects they can have, but not why they happen in the first place or why they have the effects that they have!! Thanks for teaching us so many interesting things about the universe, I’ve become a space enthusiast thanks to you!

[@hawkdsl]

What I like most about Enceladus, is just how pristine it looks. Like it's the purest water in the solar system. Not even a hint of any discoloration. Poor Europa is stained a muddy yellow.. which is believed to be sulfur from Io, and maybe.. just maybe.. bio staining from the interior.

[@brianhammer5107]

LOL - no, those are various organic compounds on the surface from non-biological chemistry.

[@hawkdsl]

@@brianhammer5107 Yes, probably. We wont know for sure until we land there and get a sample.

[@AlmostEthical]

Thanks Alex, the footage is incredible. I hope more shots from Cassini become available.

[@sneakytom7416]

Background music is very spot on Alex!

[@leviclark1193]

Being that Enceladus is so geologically active I am willing to bet that there is a thriving ecosystem beneath the ice...we have extremophiles here on earth that thrive in environments that we were sure that couldn't

[@jzjzjzj]

yeah these icy moons in our solar system are probably all bubbling with life we just dont know we havent been there yet

[@leviclark1193]

@@jzjzjzj agreed

[@garydunken7934]

Thank Alex, top notch production quality as always. I feel educated today as I learnt something new: hydrostatic equilibrium.

[@peteengard9966]

The stunning amazement of our universe.

[@TheLegoJungle]

Just a suggestion: it’d be a nice treat if you could squeeze a Europa video before Destiny 2 Beyond Light (which takes place on Europa). Not sure if that’s feasible for you, just throwing it out there.

[@abruemmer77]

Thank you for this interesting report of enceladus, mate. I may add: you have a really nice voice to listen to, keep up your great work!

[@px64]

One of my favorite youtuber. Awesome quality content always.

[@therion108]

Thanks for the video! I would like to point out that current scientific consensus is that Enceladean ocean is indeed global. Analysis of wobble of Enceladus on its orbit hints at global liquid layer, so as magnetic and gravity data from Cassini flybys..

[@ashrafali1022]

I have been subbed to this channel fr over 2 years and this is the first time I got notified about a vid

[@sleepingbackbone7581]

click the bell icon next to sub option then choose "ALL", to recieve all notifications.

[@dreamingissleeping]

thank you so much for doing these videos 😭 they're so informative and I just love it. keep it up!

[@bastianbux5107]

I love how u present with your voice and music very professional

[@vishank7]

Extremely well made! Keep up the good work man!😄💎👌

[@Suburp212]

Great Video, best series. Looking forward to videos on all hundreds of moons in our solar system.

[@auroretaburiaux8780]

I was so surprised with the results of the Cassini mission. I just encountered your presentation: very good & supporting images are of great quality. Thanks for sharing!

[@vaughan446]

Thank you Alex. Another great video and for such detailed images of Enceladus I didn't know existed.

[@saujanyapoudel7378]

Why didn't i find this channel for so many years? Very simple speech yet very descriptive explanations.

[@AstrumBrasil]

Don't forget to share it so more people know :)

[@MrPooPooJohn]

Screw Mars. We need to go to Europa and Enceladus. Drill baby drill!

[@5Andysalive]

You'd struggle to drill that much on earth with all ressources and people available.

[@uoppsdnsu4266]

Why not both?

[@maddog5284]

We do mars and use mars as a bouncing of piont too the moons

[@Billy-eo8vk]

@@uoppsdnsu4266 do not be greedy, lol.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

There's possibly a plethora of archaeological finds awaiting us on Mars.

[@ShoshHardner]

You sir, you have chosen a great and classy name for your channel, have a great narrative style and just giving tremendous information. Hats off.

[@fam3871]

Thanks a lot for the subtitles!

[@NFLMythsandLegends]

Fantastic video bud! Loved it

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Man your videos inspire me! Thank you.

[@Cherb123456]

I knew nothing of this Moon, which is now one of my favorite things to exist in our Solar-System! Euphoric content, enjoyed to a great extend! Thank you very much for that!

[@mopnem]

Love the overall feel of these videos, sounds & all

[@ZmannR2]

YES!!! I love your moon videos!

[@madil2259]

I want to have as much knowledge as this guy has. You are awesome Alex. 😊

[@Malkovith2]

Finally! Can't wait for more from this series!

[@ThatIrishCowboy]

The motion in this video outstanding! Really feels nice.

[@CornballLyric]

Fantastic information breakdown of this amazing little moon.

[@attiliobastosguarnieri5416]

Que excelentes informações e imagens. Encélado é incrível. Obrigado ASTRUM.

[@allislove369]

Great video! Beautiful visuals and explanations. Well done!

[@Jordy120]

Thanks. I've enjoyed this series. Will you be doing more moons?

[@mrcuttime22]

This is really FASCINATING pictures! Thanks! I would like to hear about Enceladus compared with Europa sometime. Do we find now that it spews water too?

[@ReunTeun]

"If the sun over Nessus escapes nebula cycle, evac labor after dawn." -Cayde 6

[@ciankiwi7753]

i wonder if we'll ever go to enceladus in d2

[@ReunTeun]

@@ciankiwi7753 Maybe, I don't think it's likely but who knows, would be cool to see!

[@peterkarl411]

Damn...really didn't expect to find a d2 comment here but i appreciate it ^^

[@danielseleverstov-kc3uq]

It is simply amazing to think that there might be life on Enceladus. I love this video so much Alex thank you.

[@MoralMonster]

Astrum and Anton Petrov are my 2 favorite channels about space.💛💛

[@royalspin]

I recall as a kid seeing the earliest images of this moon coming from Voyager .I became intrigued by the stripes and always felt like there was something very special about those features . Glad that we were finally able to get at least some basic data about it . Imagine how much more we would learn about our place in the cosmos if we didn't spend countless dollars for the military and senseless destruction over oil . Anyways aside from my ranting..great video 👍

[@bongjovi4928]

You know we need oil to do literally anything.

[@clint4004]

Was literally just discussing this moon..🧐

[@richardw2977]

Love these videos, Alex. Please keep up the awesome work!

[@deletedaccount6961]

Another quality video, Alex. Keep up the good work.👍🙏👌

[@Francisco-lf3zi]

Fantastic video! A tiny detail: the Earth's crust is not on top of magma, but solid rock that constitutes the mantle. Over thousans to millions of years the mantle behaves as a very thick fluid that flows extremely slowly.

[@sabrinabarbacena6415]

such a nice video!!!

[@stevea1708]

11:00 what a nice little acoustic surprise. A great tune to end the video on

[@allyshivers3082]

Beautifully put together thanks for sharing with me

[@kevingreen3781]

But when Are we going to get there and drill down ,,make sure they have a brilliant camera because if life exists it will be there

[@Wolvieonepunch]

I know I've been hearing that for the last 20 years!!? Lol.....can't imagine it's easy though

[@hans-olofsvensson1195]

We don't have to drill, "just" fly through the plume and scoop it up

[@diggmajor]

@SuperNova private, public paterneship

[@semaj_5022]

They have been testing a remote submersible probe in the waters off antarctica for this very thing, but it has currently been redirected to examining the grounding line under Thwaites Glacier to help determine the timeline of its recession. If it performs well though, it'll definitely be getting fast tracked(fast for space exploration anyway) for its original purpose of exploring the oceans of Enceladus or another moon.

[@Wolvieonepunch]

@@hans-olofsvensson1195 they already did

[@pushing2throttles]

I love Enceladus. I truly believe NASA and ESA must explore Enceladus, aggressively. Its priority should be risen.

[@Neil070]

Leave it in peace. We've screwed up one world already 😑

[@safarwisby8073]

Thank you so much for delivering this amazing knowledge

[@cookiemonster3147]

Amazing! Thanks for this video!

[@felipe8484]

What if we are exploring those deep dark oceans one day in the future and we find a colossal creature living beneath those ice layers... That would be terrifyingly cool...

[@lancerevell5979]

Space Cthulu! 😱

[@sandrinojohnsun9949]

if I was able to.. I would want to spend my last days on that moon.

[@Billy-eo8vk]

Make sure you bring alot of thermals, lol

[@MikeKayK]

You would be pretty cold and lonely. Staring across a barren, icy surface. What about this is appealing?

[@sandrinojohnsun9949]

@@MikeKayK The geysers, ice spikes, Saturn, the stars. It may not be appealing to you but it's to me.

[@MikeKayK]

@@sandrinojohnsun9949 It's very appealing to me from here on Earth, where we can also see stars ☺️

[@gcnelite5983]

@@MikeKayK true, but there isn't a big ringed planet in the sky on Earth

[@guitartrav4299]

This stuff is absolutely fascinating! Who knows what’s out there 🤔, just waiting to be discovered. Awesome videos

[@stonefreak5763]

You are one of the best Channels of KZbin, at least the best Space Channel. Thank You.

[@Vienna3080]

Born to late to explore the solar system, born to early to colonize the solar system

[@astrofpv3631]

Born just in time to watch astrum

[@GraveUypo]

too late? we haven't explored it at all yet. you're too early for both

[@robertwillsea3338]

We may see the beginnings of space colonisation of the Solar System

[@MuscarV2]

It's obvious you know very, very little about this stuff and didn't think about what you wrote at all. It's highly idiotic. Every one that liked the comment being just as dumb. If I where you I'd remove the comment to both spare most others from loosing brain cells from reading it, and also to skip showing everyone your immense stupidity.

[@matlohn9381]

Its born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the universe

[@sleepingbackbone7581]

Another awesome video Alex, thnx again for teaching us something new and amazing.

[@roybo1930]

This is a truly well made presentation! So Beautiful is Our Planets and it`s Moons!

[@shanelewis121]

Been waiting for a video on Enceladus. By far my 3rd favorite moon after Titan and our OG moon.

[@TaeSunWoo]

Enceladus, Europa and Titan are where humans need to go after Mars

[@wahabfiles6260]

WHY?

[@TaeSunWoo]

@@wahabfiles6260 why not? They’re earth-ish sized and have water and probably life. Earth 2.0 let’s go

[@wahabfiles6260]

@@TaeSunWoo why? so you could spread human problems to Encaladus, Europa and Titan as well? leave them alone i say and keep human problems limited to earth.

[@donalddeorio2237]

The moons of the outer planets are so much more interesting than the planets they go around.

[@blucat4]

Oh please. Saturn is awesome!!

[@jntaca]

Muchas gracias por este material. Tu canal es maravilloso.

[@TedsHoldOver]

I clicked for the education. I stayed for the ASMR.

[@frankieJE2]

Amazing!

[@ameliadiaz8040]

Fantastic!

[@KanishQQuotes]

Enceladus has been farting on saturn

[@stevencoardvenice]

For eons.

[@mikemalherbe7845]

Excellent as always!

[@CosaNostra..]

Astrum and v101 science are the best!👍

[@spaceace3048]

Thank you!😃👍

[@jediknight73]

One of my favorite solar system bodys! My gut says all these water 🌊 world's may have some life.maybe even the ones we really have not visit to...yet! And imagine this is just one Star ⭐!? And people doubt UFOs...

[@ranchdressing1037]

Instead of expanding in size like most bodies, this is one is deflating with the process being prolonged via flying thru it's own exhaust constantly.

[@BorisNoiseChannel]

According to your titles these scientists are in a constant state of shock.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

All this water is it "fresh" water or inlcude sodium chloride like our seas?

[@georgeisaak5321]

If, just if Enceladus is indeed having what it takes to harbor life and somehow gets any warmer with some help of volcanic activity in the future this could be an interesting thing to watch happening and why not... Perhaps even get to see it as a potential place to make an "outpost" of humanity.

[@bryansansone3301]

The Australia of the Solar System lol

[@ttyler2987]

I feel like it's almost time to do another one of enceledus! Lots of new stuff

[@PhilORourke]

Fascinating this is truly a quality channel