The Final Images We Will Ever See of Pluto and Arrokoth

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Pluto
18:19 Arrokoth
28:38 Outro

[@astrumspace]

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[@Armann_]

Thank you hugely for the efforts and very informative content. All videos are fascinating.

[@johnnyhunter]

Thank you, Alex! Your videos are incredibly informative and interesting. Amazing job as always 👍🏼✌🏼

[@toptornado538]

possibly a juno supercut? you could also possibly add in the ganymede flyby from last year too

[@stevenweller1673]

How about something regarding Mercury? It's at least as fascinating as Pluto and just like Pluto it took us a long while to get a really good look at it... Adding my thanks and appreciation for what you do... S.W.

[@jfgroff]

Excellent summary, particularly well-narrated and illustrated

[@brianlowe7552]

Born too late to explore the world. Born to early to explore universe. Born just in time to appreciate pictures of cool, faraway rocks.

[@ahronwayne5115]

Exploring the universe still

[@Zawmbbeh]

Humans love their funny little rocks.

[@andreyleonel255]

"look at this cool rock that I found!" But it's level 9999

[@louiseclark7967]

SIGH** Me, too...

[@quixotiq]

I feel you!♡

[@bakubread9308]

Makes you realize that we're still in the stone age of space travel, literally just hurling cameras into space with extreme precision because sending a ship that could actually maneuver and turn around is still completely unfeasible

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

indeed

[@TXSIZEGAP]

makes me a little sad. people thousands of years from now are gona be lucky to know so much more about space. maybe even find some life forms out there. distance is the only thing stopping us from finding life. its out there

[@Scott89878]

Turning around in Space is really hard and if you could, you will not be able to accelerate back to the speeds you got from launching with Earth's spin and the gravity assists you got from Jupiter.

[@bakubread9308]

@@Scott89878 not with the technolgy we have, no, which was my point.

[@galacticgalaxyonezerone7235]

Or so we think. But yes lol.

[@bren.nan_]

I remember learning that Pluto was a blue little speck. It's so amazing to finally see it with my own eyes. Astronomy invokes some sort of emotion that you can't really find anywhere else. And I love it.

[@FenixArisen-yi9jr]

you're onto something when you say "invokes"

[@Sniperboy5551]

Evokes* 😉

[@bren.nan_]

@@Sniperboy5551 thanks!

[@firefighter343]

Yeah that was Pluto's way of saying: "There's more to me than you realize!"

[@theonebman7581]

Astronomy is like art - the emotions you feel when seeing a picture of a far away object for the first time could be compared to those created by a masterpiece at a museum It's kinda poetic; science is always seen as this hard, somewhat bland realm by the world, yet there are so many fascinating and gorgeous artistic masterpieces hidden out there being discovered that could beat up anything in any Earth museum It's like with mathematic art

[@Longlius]

For reference, New Horizons in total cost about $780.6 million. For comparison, the Burj Khalifa (tallest skyscraper in the world) cost about $1.5 billion. So for the cost of one skyscraper, you could fund New Horizons nearly twice over. I never want to hear people complain about how inefficient NASA is again.

[@firefighter343]

Well said! Bravo

[@thefrogggy100]

Well that is for a very tall skyscraper. The cost of the Empire State Building cost about 40 million - accounting for inflation, this is 736 million today. The first World Trade Center (both buildings) cost about 900 million, which is 6.5 billion today, or about 3.25 billion per building. It really depends on the building in question. No skyscraper is built equally. So the Empire State Building could pay for a bit less than one New Horizon's, while one tower of the old World Trade Center could pay for about four New Horizon's. The Burj Khalifa could pay for 3 New Horizon's by itself.

[@triple_x_r_tard]

it's the tallest skyscraper in the world you bozo

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

60 Minutes did an excellent investigation that revealed how parts NASA will spend a couple hundred dollars on, will go for $10,000+ dollars for the Pentagon. NASA is remarkably cost efficient.

[@ljrandom147]

Preach !

[@WaveOfDestiny]

It's so wholesome to think that we engineered such precise and advanced crafts just to do basically the same things we did as kids, looking at strange rocks. This is the most human thing ever.

[@mse5842]

Something about our biology likes for us to look and study rocks

[@goofyfoot2001]

There wouldn't be any tidal forces if the moon was locked into the same position. Maybe I missed something.

[@Deltexterity]

@@goofyfoot2001 ???

[@Nezha_Main]

@@goofyfoot2001 yes in fact you missed the part were none of what you said had any relevance to the comment you responded to.

[@Tuning3434]

@@goofyfoot2001 Still tidal forces, but they wouldn't be dynamic. Some regions on Earth would be in permanent flood, while others would be in permanent tie. Would be a weird experience though, as it would results in night-day cycle of 29+ days, or completely unfeasible with a moon as comparative large as Luna.

[@gracerodriguez5146]

When i was a kid, in science books in school, pluto was always depicted as being a blue icy looking planet. crazy how vastly different it actually looks.

[@alinapzch3473]

that's so true!! in my books it was always this grayish white color, and it was always described as "similiar to our moon", its insane how extraordinary it actually is!

[@PsychologicalApparition]

I ‘member da pics

[@krazeediamond1]

​@laarana Really, you sure you "member da pics" 😂

[@PsychologicalApparition]

@@krazeediamond1 Ah memba da peecs, beetch.

[@MiRaje8086]

apparently this photo is in false color, so this isn’t how pluto would look if you were looking at it with your own eyes

[@TrentBattyDrums]

The fact that even Pluto has 5 moons is pretty mind boggling, and amazing at the same time.

[@user-pk9qo1gd6r]

It's because it's far enough away from the Sun to keep them.

[@tedthesailor172]

Being in the Kuiper Belt it's probably had plenty of opportunity to gather recruits in its orbit...

[@sorrenblitz805]

Earth has a couple extra moons too. It's worth noting many of the things we call moons are just big rocks. Earth's auxiliary moons are literally just captured asteroids and eventually they'll either get pulled to the surface or they'll get flung back out into the solar system. Pluto being so far out it doesn't have much else pulling on the rocks it captures.

[@staticbuilds7613]

Most planets have a lot of moons. It's speculated that Jupiter is the reason why our 4 planets in our solar system close to the sun has no moons, beside our large one. I think the theory is that Jupiter was closer to the sun and took out and stole most of the moons, the other gas giants like Uranus, Saturn and Neptune then pulled Jupiter away from the sun and took the moons and asteroid belts with them.

[@magnafoxodyssey2127]

​@staticbuilds7613 Mars actually does possess moons, it has two of them - Phobos and Deimos. However they're more akin to the minor moons of the Gas Giants than our moon or the Galilean moons of Jupiter

[@sharonneethling2243]

I am 63 year's old. This is the most fascinating video, I have ever seen. When I was young. I had always wondered what Pluto looks liked. Beautiful and wondrous ❤. It's a privilege to see Pluto in my generation because the generation before me, always wondered what Pluto looked like. The Moon, Mars and Saturn is nothing in comparison to Pluto ❤.

[@KORGULL-ISOLATES]

Indeed Sir!!! At 59 y of age I couldn't agree with you more, Pluto always had a Spell on me compared to the others in our system, THOUGH,,,,,, SATURN is A very very close second on the Purefasination, Majestic Beauty And Sooper COOL LOOKIN' SATURN ‼️‼️‼️👀YES!!! We are very lucky to be living out our blink of 👁️ time wise, Live's while humanity Was in the middle of these insanely bold And so ahead of where I thought we would be by now When I was 20 I would of never imagined that I would be seeing these pictures, video streams, AND What have you if Pluto, Saturn's rings, AND on and on!!!!!‼️🌛👁️🌜

[@LITTLE1994]

Pluto is something I've always wanted to see as a kid. All the times I was school (when it was called a planet), it was always shown as a blurred colorful circle. But, now, seeing what it ACTUALLY is, it's crazy how vastly different from the older images.

[@skyjack8541]

It's still a planet. The AIU are tricking astronomer lovers concerning Pluto status as a planet. Without Pluto the earth would not be here. Our solar system is being missed classified by the Catholic church. I know they are behind making Pluto a dwarf planet. Don't be fooled. Pluto is still part of our solar system. Without Pluto life would not exist as we know it. It takes 10 celestial bodies, not 9 to make the solar system complete or run or to operate. Ten not nine.

[@F8LDragon2]

“Seeing it with human eyes” bc there is no “what it actually is”

[@thelvadam90]

I always wanted to see Uranus

[@cinnamonstar808]

PLUTO IS A PLANET. the USA and many others just did not want to face judgement. so they got rid of the "planet" title. ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ★ America is also 248 years old ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ★ = PLUTO🪐🍪 is a judgement/ Karma planet that will return back to par see you in 2024

[@beastness501]

@Thel Vadam just say it than what’s holding you back?

[@justinboros2834]

As someone who was born in the early 80's and who's been a space enthusiast my entire life, there's two events that I'll never forget, and were (and still are) the stuff of amazement, daydreams and wonderment: Cassini-Huygen's arrival to the surface of Titan, and New Horizon's arrival to Pluto. Arrokoth was the icing on the cake.

[@justinboros2834]

A third is Voyager 2's arrival at Neptune. I was a bit too young in 1986 to appreciate the data from Uranus and its moons.

[@mattpike7268]

4th must be the James Webb? 5th will be either humans on Mars, or something exciting from Webb lol. Late 80s born myself, we've both got some great highlights coming in our lifetimes 👍

[@Thisbook2022]

Halley's Comet?

[@roboticunclephil]

how about David Grusch unveiling NHIs

[@android584]

I was also born in the early 80s, I think Hubble and the Pathfinder mission might be the biggest deals because of the number of images they returned. But I recall the flyby of Neptune being a big deal. Also high quality images of Saturn and now Pluto are a big deal but I haven't been following developments as much as an adult than when I was a kid. I hope there'll be more missions to Venus before western civilization crumbles.

[@shannont5049]

I’ve also loved Pluto and never thought I’d get to see what it looked like. I always felt bad for Pluto too, like it was the underdog and forgotten. When I saw the heart, it made me emotional. It was as if Pluto was saying, “Hi there. Thanks for not giving up on me.” 🖤

[@firefighter343]

Damn, your comment literally made me tear up. Swear to God. ✋🏻

[@Hugh-Janus69420]

Damn your comment made me tear up... out of fear. Is this really how the majority of people think about things? Pluto is a rock it has no feelings. Maybe instead of getting emotional over space rocks, show a little more empathy to your fellow human beings.

[@Vladtheinhaler-bt3ie]

@@Hugh-Janus69420your name is literally Hugh Janus 69420, you genuinely can’t be serious

[@jelalejanaabubakar7860]

​@@Hugh-Janus69420 how about you start empathizing with op :D

[@Hugh-Janus69420]

@jelalejanaabubakar7860 cause they made an absolutely ridiculous statement, bordering on (in my opinion) some kind of nental defect. I wont go that far, but yeah its a crazy statement and im not that kind of crazy to be able to empathize with it.

[@ksen1011]

Does anyone remember Pluto being depicted as a dusty blue planet(mostly in books/kids shows)? Seeing that it's a white/ivory and rusty red is incredible! And that heart on the side! It looks so cool in the rotation phtos😍👌

[@canteskuyapete1459]

I'm not the only one, phew. Lol I'm just leaning this as an adult it being red and blue lol 😂

[@sayitsayuri8951]

I do, I'm happy to know pluto the dog was appropriately named

[@shinko6342]

I remember a college text book saying it had no atmosphere and just dusty blue gray Pluto was always my favorite it was always the one I imagined standing on

[@GalacticStudios69]

What I was always told was it was grey, lol just grey and nothing else and I just thought it was a depressing looking planet, but in reality it was super cool!

[@keribere244]

the magic school bus…

[@petrolhead88uk71]

The thing that boggles my mind is that there is just so much to explore in our small solar system just by itself. Imagine the variety of stuff there is out there in our galaxy, let alone the entire known universe. Thanks Alex, great channel as always.

[@mynamemylastname7179]

there is nothing to explore in our Soul-Lure System. Space Dont Exist. You are watching a cartoon video here.

[@user-hl7yg7wr2i]

@@mynamemylastname7179 pick up a telescope and say that

[@mynamemylastname7179]

@@stevenweller1673 Nothing wrong with cartoons if you live in wonderland. but these cartoons don't represent reality like He-Man does.

[@stevenweller1673]

@@mynamemylastname7179 Touche. You got me there. But that's ok. Just don't tell Buzz Aldrin. He might not be happy with you on this issue. Then again he's no Chuck Norris. Because space isn't expanding, it's running away from him... So let me get this straight. Time is money and money is opium. Space doesn't exist but money does, so spacetime is...wait, what was opium again? I gotta write Tom Hanks and find out. I also wonder about the soda can in the Apollo footage, whether there really are Sleestack in the Hollow Earth and if Einsteinian physics is better served cold and if that cat is dead, alive or just sleeping, like the parrot. So many questions, and I do envy your conviction. My world is a quantum one, full of uncertainty and spooky action at a distance. Except on Tuesday. Be well and good luck at animation school. S.W.

[@cirrus393]

@@mynamemylastname7179 And when you look through a telescope and see a planet clear as day, what goes through your tin foil hat wearing head?

[@RubyBloodRoseGaming]

Pluto and Charon have such a romantic existence, its incredible. And for New Horizons to come across Arrokoth which seems almost like a potential promise and dream for the dwarf and moon in the same journey is just so so wonderful!

[@Zeppyzavattieri]

lol

[@ameliakusar9136]

The fact that New Horizons can send pictures to us, even though it’s a 9 year journey away, just makes my head go 🤯🤯🤯🤯 So fascinating.

[@mxhesh]

Then think of the Voyager twins

[@Jungleali]

Yeah crazy how far technology has come

[@theonebman7581]

​@@mxheshReally makes you wonder, which of the Voyager twins is aging faster than the other? XD

[@mxhesh]

@@theonebman7581 haha yesss

[@Emagana22]

Imagine if we could find a way to travel at the same speed or faster 🤯

[@spidermeadows]

There's something just so tragically romantic about Pluto and Charon. From the barycenter splitting the distance between them, to them being tidally locked, to Pluto's hidden "heart:" it's the stuff of poetry!!

[@captainelgato8313]

Yeah that poetry stuff was super adorable

[@maretwoo]

exactly what i thought haha

[@eamonmulholland3159]

And Pluto’s constantly blowing Charon thorin kisses across the divide ❤️

[@XxX_afterHours_XxX]

we missed the chance to name charon persephone

[@cooperette1]

you know in a few million years they will collide becoming dust in a fireball

[@Write-Stuff]

It's amazing that a probe can travel over 36,000 mph for nearly 10 years in space and never collide with anything.

[@snazzyjovialwyrm3314]

Really puts into perspective of just how massive and empty space is.

[@jaredf6205]

It does collide with small particles. It literally has a module on it to measure how many particles it collides with called the Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter.

[@victorbruce5772]

And actually get where it was meant to go, 3 billion miles away.

[@RobbyHouseIV]

In Darth Vader voice: 'Asteroids do not concern me! I want those snapshots of Pluto...NOT excuses!"

[@whotellinghim1870]

It sucks because we would be so far ahead of space research if the US budget wasn’t 90% military and .5% science research

[@sahd0w]

Nothing in the universe has ever laid eyes on this world before. What a mindblowing concept. We live in the age where we can experience this.

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

As far as we know 👽

[@sebastiankrutschoff842]

Fun fact: It is true that most planets are not tidally locked to their moons. This is different for Pluto and Charon based on Distance, mass ratios etc. But earth is actually on its way to become tidally locked to the earth moon. The planet is very very very slowly decelerating in terms of rotation, while the moon uses this energy to increase the distance of the 2. One day the day will be as long as the moon cycle and the earth will have reached a stable state where it is tidally locked to the moon as well.

[@sorrenblitz805]

I'm pretty sure we'll actually not have a moon by the time Earth slows to a halt.

[@sorrenblitz805]

We will also all be long gone. At this point it's anyone's guess, which will happen first Sun eats the first 3-4 planets or Earth stops spinning and one side becomes frozen and the other side becomes scorching hot.

[@sebastiankrutschoff842]

@@sorrenblitz805 you can calculate its final distance.

[@sebastiankrutschoff842]

@@sorrenblitz805 you can also calculate when it will happen. And earth will not be tidally locked to the sun then. Only to the moon. And this is first and foremost a "fun fact" as stated above

[@mariotheundying]

If humans survive by that time, and if it's a time where the sun would've eaten the earth but humans managed to move planets to make our home survive, if it puts lives in danger we prob can avoid that

[@Pit.Gutzmann]

When Pluto was newly cathegorised as a dwarf planet, Charon demanded to talk to the manager.

[@Anonymousduck161]

Criminally underliked joke

[@terengan245]

Here before this comment blows up

[@davidruff7514]

I was looking for this comment before I posted it haha great job beating me to it LOL 😂

[@davidruff7514]

I was looking for this comment before I posted it haha great job beating me to it LOL 😂

[@missingntldr4179]

you mean Karen, right?

[@davidthompson5991]

I’m absolutely blown away by Pluto having an atmosphere that’s so fascinating

[@tom-vf1xv]

how

[@colbysmith4079]

@@tom-vf1xv Because it is so small.

[@porsche911sbs]

@@colbysmith4079 yes but it's also extremely cold, so the gasses there have little energy to escape Pluto's gravity

[@Lydianon]

David- Why? All our planets that revolve around the sun have atmospheres, except Mercury. They're made up of different gases. We can't breathe there if that's what you were thinking.

[@mediamannaman]

Yeah, it's really interesting. Pretty cool pics of that atmosphere too.

[@tardiscommand1812]

2:51 absolutely correct. This was amazing seeing the progress photos back then as it approached and then met with a heart on the surface, almost a thanks for coming from Pluto. And yes I will always call it planet Pluto.

[@onetoughcreampuff]

As you should!

[@RottingaAAAA]

something deep inside of me was awakened when I realized the planet we forgot about had displayed a heart, and the fact it and its moon are forever facing each other, I wish Charon was named Persephone instead, that way they could be the two lovers, interlocked in their spiralling dance for all eternity. It really is the most underrated planet

[@vman7869]

We missed the biggest chance ever to name Pluto's biggest moon as Proserpina (Latin for Persephone), because the two celestial objects never look away from each other. A little planetary system of lovers.

[@DialecticRed]

@@aytcs As someone who doesn't know Greek/Roman mythology, I feel left out lmao

[@vman7869]

@@aytcs Naming a moon after a goddess that grew to love and CHOSE to return to her kidnapper despite being released freely because he treated her as his queen is a very good idea.

[@_Cymbals]

@@vman7869 Judging from this conversation Alanna googled Persephone, read the first thing about her and then came back to put down your comment. This is exactly what's wrong with the internet and people today. Too quick to judge not quick enough to actually get more than one opinion before making their judgements....

[@SoewoeMoloko]

Wtf is wrong with naming celestial bodies after mythological characters, myths don't have to be morally correct for scientists to use names from them

[@deathbyunicorn5213]

@@aytcs that's how planets get their moons too

[@matthewglaze5398]

The fact that the data can be sent back at all from that distance is incredible. What a statement to the state of technology.

[@healthylivingtoday1013]

“The fact that the data can be sent back at all from that distance is incredible.” Now take a moment to ponder that.

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

The fact the images are so bright and sparkly reflected so far away from the Sun's light is mind boggling.

[@sheenat85]

But I can't get any cellphone service when I'm in my basement that's concrete haha

[@davidbray5982]

@@sheenat85 In all fairness, the vast majority of space is empty, it's not like there's anything blocking the signal, unlike your basement which hopefully has thick layers of concrete and beams to keep your house up :)

[@sheenat85]

@@davidbray5982 lol well obviously it was a joke hahaah

[@thorawilson6253]

I used to think that digital images would not be very good or useful when the technology was in it's infancy. How wrong I was. I'm amazed at how useful and revealing it has become. We couldn't enjoy such images without it. This is a real treat.

[@emptychair3932]

you didn’t think it would get better?

[@thorawilson6253]

@@emptychair3932 my only experience with early digital images was as a cake decorator- early 90s. We got a digital machine that we could scan photos to put in edible sheets to apply to cakes- they were awful. Also I saw photos in media that were bad too. I did think it was going nowhere.

[@SoylentGamer]

These extremely distant objects are fascinating from a physics perspective, they teach us new things that you'd normally never think too hard about. Normally we think of distant extraterrestrial objects as fast orbiting, dense rocks that bring death and destruction, but some of them are just funny red snowmen that like to chill far far away.

[@KilledByThatTrain]

I know it’s commonplace, but it still amazes me how we knew 1) the exact day (and hour) to launch this probe, 2) the exact speed and direction it needed to go to get a gravity assist from Jupiter (that saved 3 yrs!), and most importantly, 3) the exact time and direction to point its cameras to capture these amazing images during the oh-so-brief flyby window. It’s crazy how all of this based on Newton’s Laws of Motion from the 17th century, 350 yrs before the launch of this probe.

[@timothyhallbeck9853]

Yeah, it’s called science.

[@ItsWazzza]

*Science*

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

It's called millions of simulation runs.

[@volisum]

Yeah Mr White! Yeah Science!

[@Envengerx]

They use Einstine's gravity equation along with lots of simulations with different variables.

[@sunnyjim1355]

As a 70's kid mesmerized by astronomy and the exploration of the Solar System, the very thought that it could be even possible in my life time to send a probe to Pluto (let alone thread the eye-of-the needle between Pluto and Charon) and achieve such, is truly astonishing .

[@ZesPak]

One of the most mind-boggling things about that is that Charon wasn't even discovered until the late '70s. Crazy.

[@michelleper5065]

Does anyone of your kind even follow this nonsense any longer after everything you been through, no way you are that gullible.

[@Sebastianator01]

Im a 2000s kid and now I’m mesmerized by the idea of sending men to Mars and beyond. We sure have come a long way as a species and I’m excited for what my kids kids will see

[@michelleper5065]

@@Sebastianator01 You will never get into "high orbit", ever, you can be guaranteed what i say here is golden as always.

[@CPATuttle]

Blue origin and SpaceX are key for advancement

[@lobitox14]

Man, pluto is so beautiful. I always had a knack for space and planets, and the moment i knew it wasnt a planet anymore i felt so sad for it, this wonderful world of ice, stuck in darkness, but also, very serene and calm. Space is truly, fascinating.

[@sherryrector2275]

Mind boggling. Wish I was younger so I could stick around to see just how far it goes and what we will learn.

[@suspiciousde862]

Those small coincidences in the universe, those inconceivable moments where things that have no meaning outside of our human perception appear randomly, those are the highlights of it all Seeing Pluto with a massive, heart-shaped plain of ice along its surface has got to be, ironically enough, the warmest thing that the solar system has ever offered, like a love letter saying “thank you for visiting.”

[@cliftut]

The one world we gave away was the only one that had a heart.

[@keidthwshza]

@@cliftut damn

[@TheDragShot]

A little world with a heart of nitrogen 👍 .

[@draguta8995]

@@keidthwshza OOOF. Yep, that one hurt.

[@craigjones7343]

Unfortunately the heart shape is nothing but a caricature of a heart and looks nothing like a true heart. Inferring an meaning or message from the universe in its shape is nothing more than anthropomorphizing a rock.

[@NoobPTFO]

The fact that someone straight up called a region of Pluto “Cthulhu Macula” is absolutely amazing. It would be a great setting for a sci-fi horror movie!

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

For all we know, SOMETHING is there, waiting. Perhaps they have a few canned human brains?

[@Bacony_Cakes]

@@ladymacbethofmtensk896 nah they don't sell that at starbucks

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

@@Bacony_Cakes Fungi from Yuggoth don't drink Starbucks.

[@Bacony_Cakes]

@@ladymacbethofmtensk896 Um Dafuq is a village in Southern Darfur, Sudan.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

@@Bacony_Cakes Read your Lovecraft.

[@CentralSweeper]

Fun fact: my 2nd grade project was on planets. I got Pluto. I ended up making a styrofoam sphere and painted it with help from my mom. I ended up really liking the project, and now I am thinking of astronomy as a possible career after Baseball or Nuclear Physics

[@user-wx7id3yh7i]

Do them all. Baseball has a limited "envelope" of participation. My neighbor's oldest son got his PhD in Nuclear Physics, got a job at Oak Ridge in Tennessee and you would not believe what his salary is. He's in charge of Safety at the facility, works from home 3 days a week. Even if astronomy is a hobby, what a fun hobby. Not a ton of money in the field but money isn't everything. Loving your career IS everything. Good luck !!

[@megazuccc]

you might be my new favorite KZbin channel. I've always had this fascination with space and regularly check up on astronomical events to see what new things we are learning. but you go so incredibly in-depth on events that it baffles me. I love your channel so much and keep doing what you're doing this is incredible.

[@objective_psychology]

This kind of information blows my mind. I always naïvely thought of Pluto as a dead world, like a static ball of space ice. This goes to show that even the coldest and most remote objects in the Solar System can have tremendous activity, even climates.

[@crazycookfyrelomenot]

It probably has endoliths. Acid-producing, long living bacteria which live inside of the planetary crust and ate extremophilic

[@skyjack8541]

That's bc the solar system is alive straight.

[@michelleper5065]

You will never see pluto nor will you see any other "planet".

[@guysmiley4830]

A hydrocarbon slurry? That sounds like oil to me.

[@brianaschmidt910]

Wait till you realize Venus is a poisonous toxic wasteland because volcanic eruptions emitted so much carbon dioxide (CO²) that it blocked the sun's rays from leaving it's atmosphere. In fact, it's the most extreme example of what greenhouse gases do to the environment and the planet. (In fact, we might be able to terraform both mars and Venus for possible human habitation)

[@alecwilliams7111]

Programs like this are fascinating and valuable. The amount of knowledge that's been gained in my lifetime is staggering. I'm 74, and I remember when artificial satelites were seen as miraculous. What Asimov and others said is true. The universe is far more complex and fascinating than we ever could have imagined.

[@Axenscity]

I’m only 16 i can’t imagine what it was like to have seen the space race and all that i feel like i’m not going to see anything as substantial in my lifetime due to war and economy issues, it’s really unfortunate as i hoped when i was a lot younger (ironic) that i would be able to see outside of the solar system but the more society progresses i feel like the more i will never see

[@jasons2081]

@@Axenscity I think that maybe once you've lived into your 70s like Alec you will see more clearly just how fast things change.

[@uniqueshania123]

Agreed. Nothing is as slow as it seems

[@NondescriptMammal]

@@Axenscity The space race was primarily motivated by military necessity, despite being sold to the public as a romantic notion of noble human technological achievement, to put a man on the moon. After the main objectives of master space travel enough to e.g. reliably put military satellites in orbit, the man on the moon thing was set aside. Nobody has been there since 1972. The novelty of human space travel wore off shortly after the first couple Apollo missions. Only 12 humans have walked on the moon, but very few people could name more than the first two of them.

[@kimmy3469]

I still believe that God created it all 💕🙏

[@olwens1368]

Excellent- clearly explained for a non-scientist without talking down to the audience. (A lot of TV documentaries could take note.)

[@worker-wf2em]

Kudos to the film crew who went up with New Horizons to get those flyby shots. It made the doco so much better. Good luck as you travel forever beyond the Solar System

[@seeingeyegod]

So mind blowing when you realize this is actually a place, a real place where one could conceivably stand and take in the crazy alien sights. It's real.

[@b.w.22]

This kind of thinking, in my opinion, is really important when considering the solar system and the other planets. As you say, “space is real” and not just lights in the sky or photos. That’s hard to imagine when thinking of black holes or quasars, even the moon in its desolation, but yes - right now winds are stirring up dust on Mars and methane snow is falling on Pluto. These are real places that I hope one day we’ll go to.

[@kolonelwolf2449]

I always think about exactly that when I see stuff like this. So accurate.

[@ttchme9816]

It's so out of the world it's crazier than fantasies.

[@kevinmathewson4272]

It's out there right now

[@disgustof-riley8338]

I mean, not really, because if we stood there we'd die, but I get what you mean

[@coolbeans5911]

one of my core memories as a child was when i was in Grade 4 and i heard in natural science class that they demoted Pluto's planetary status to dwarf planet and i haven't been the same since. I took it incredibly personally lmao i was really emotionally attached to this lil space rock as a kid. It will always be the 9th official planet in my heart

[@zinzolin14]

I think the status of planet or not is irrelevant. No doubt Pluto has had a major impression in all of us, and we've only recently begun to learn so much about it. I'll always include it when listing the planets, to me Pluto deserves the same dignity as the other 8 planets.

[@tirsden]

Pluto will always be a planet. By the new rules, other planets in our system including Earth don't even technically qualify as planets anymore.

[@mickys8065]

@@tirsden if you count pluto as a planet, then children will have to learn about the 26 planets in our solar system, given how many objects we've found bigger than Pluto.

[@onebennyboi5257]

@@mickys8065 worth it lmao

[@Stickiestboi]

@@tirsden Why wouldn’t it? It’s spherical, orbits around the sun and has cleared it’s orbit

[@Metallica4Life92]

Pluto has an orbital period of 248 years? Good lord.

[@gmanette188]

Poor Pluto knew it was over when he was uninvited to the interplanetary dance

[@maths4noobs]

Not a physics student here, but considering the vastness of the universe, and the meagre flyby of the voyager, I can't help but imagine what outcome would be, if we were able to scan the Kuiper belt for, maybe, months. I can't help but imagine the amount and magnitude of the mind boggling discoveries that would've lead us to.

[@BrandanTheBroker]

would be a cool project

[@endarus6053]

Imagine we find aliens hiding there. That would be funny.

[@maths4noobs]

@@endarus6053 Now I'm imagining what are they hiding from. Something far more dangerous was my first thought. Then I was like, maybe they're hiding from our stupidity as a species. LMAO

[@endarus6053]

@@maths4noobs or, could be something like the Vulcans in Star Trek, waiting for us to advance to a certain technological level to make first contact.

[@astronomical_sayr]

🤓

[@DailyDoseOfInternet]

Great video

[@JumalaPlays]

Indeed!

[@arumeenarulert487]

why does this have only 1 reply and 5 likes☠️☠️

[@ComboGaminFan]

​@@arumeenarulert487ikr

[@IronpenWorldbuilding]

NINETEEN LIKES?!?!?!

[@tose5566]

I’m surprised this only has 29 likes

[@-Minuano-]

Pluto: you may be little, but you got a big heart.

[@terryheatwole6153]

Thank you for making this presentation of the Pluto images from New Horizons and for explaining what they reveal. I am fascinated by the artist rendition of Pluto from Charon, and for explaining their beautiful interlock.

[@kasswuit]

Honestly, I used to think planets like Pluto were boring. Just floating rocks, maybe varied in what exact elements they were made of or shape, but seeing the distinct geography in a single planet and the history behind them made me appreciate how much we still have to learn about the worlds beyond our own.

[@freddym99]

pluto is not a planet

[@Benjy86]

@@freddym99 thanks Captain Buzzkill 😒

[@captainch6182]

@@freddym99 you know what is a planet? Your mom

[@ParadoxAAA]

@@freddym99 dwarf planet is still a planet, it's literally in the name just like how a dwarf star is still a star. I seriously don't get either sides of the whole "Pluto is/isn't a planet" argument

[@legendaryra3590]

It's still boring.. Let's see dem aliens 👽👽

[@controlledburst]

I love it when priority is given to true imagery that represents ACTUAL perspective to human perception - how it would appear 'if I were there'. THIS is the culminating trophy of all human pioneering endeavors. From drawings and paintings to cameras, giving all of humanity that accurate 'snapshot' view of a new world without having to be there to experience it.

[@zebunker]

Concept art.

[@PresleyPerswain]

Most astronomical photos are not 'how it would appear if I were there." They are enhanced, sometimes to display information we can't see, like uv or infrared wavelengths, but often for purely ascetic reasons. Making colors brighter, deeper, and adding more contrast.

[@nibbletrinnal2289]

@@PresleyPerswain A few of the images, mainly the one we're given of Arrokoth, were true colour images, images that were designed specifically to represent what we would *actually* see

[@randomguydoes2901]

You can go there in VR these days, images are cool and all but they get truly mind blowing when applied to modern technology.

[@gloverelaxis]

@@PresleyPerswain think you mean aesthetic

[@sassypotato5271]

Its crazy that even on earth, theres so much more stuff than you could see in your lifetime, and yet theres more out there, an unfathomable amount

[@Daark_Karma]

One thing I love about space is how 10 million years can be refered to as "Perhaps only 10 million years old"

[@squillz8310]

I remember seeing those first High Definition photos of Pluto and being overwhelmed with joy as a younger teenager. But I've *never* seen any of these other photos from close up, or at a side angle. This is a phenomenal video! I learned a lot from it, and enjoyed every minute of it!

[@gooby8953]

I saw it, front page of a magazine in Colorado on a trip. Sure was neat

[@AndyinMokum]

I was thrilled when the Pluto - Charon system images started to come through. They're really beautiful objects; especially Pluto. It's a real gem. There is so much more to learn about this distant and dynamic system. I hope the space agencies from around the world get it together to send a Pluto - Charon orbiter. That would be an amazing mission. Just thinking about it, excites me.

[@jedaaa]

Not to mention Pluto almost certainly has a subsurface ocean ;)

[@davidalister8774]

Sir these are cartoons I’m 12 years old and I know space doesn’t exist

[@curiodyssey3867]

​@@jedaaa um, that is most definitely not true.

[@AndyinMokum]

@@davidalister8774 I'm an astronomer and astro/planetary photographer. I know you're wrong.🔭😀

[@stevenweller1673]

@@davidalister8774 Of course space doesn't exist. That's why oral surgeons stay in business and you have braces. Then there's more proof of that when your underwear is one or two sizes too small. Space *really* doesn't exist then... Yikes. S.W.

[@alicegonzalez1623]

Pluto with her Heart shape ice cap is amazing. She is telling us Don’t Ostracize Me. I’m part of our Solar system. Earthlings ❤Love you Pluto 🤍

[@zooey73]

❤thank you for all your hard work putting this together for us all to enjoy. So perfectly narrated /edited / presented . Thank you again 🚀

[@mysryuza]

I like to think of the heart-shaped area is like Pluto sending love to individuals or celestial bodies from the solar system who see it as someone or something who isn’t paid attention to enough. I like how Pluto’s “heart” is hidden from Charon, kinda like always having their “eyes” on each other since they’re mostly all they could interact with, but Pluto is hesitant to show it’s heart in its entirety for Charon. It is kinda poetic in a way, but so bittersweet.

[@disgustof-riley8338]

Pretty gay

[@disgustedcharlie6679]

Gay as hell

[@robertcopp2411]

The heart is there because Pluto still loves us, even when we don’t think it matters anymore.

[@teppo9585]

Only the powers that be dont think it matters. People still regard it as the farthest planet of our Solar system. Powers that be meanwhile, people are yet to realize don´t really represent us and need to be demoted as they attempted demoting Pluto.

[@retro8696]

I wonder how many know that the heart of Pluto is really sideways and not the way we see Pluto in this video.

[@NikoAbston]

this 30 minute video is mesmerizing. i found myself day dreaming to the audio visuals and narrative description. i could listen and watch an hours-long space story in this format.

[@gailhowes9398]

Thank you so much for developing these educational videos for people like myself. I enjoyed the detailed information and the excellent images.

[@zathrasyes1287]

What is also really amazing about this mission was the fact, that NASA did maneuever the space probe so accurately for such a long journey.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

MY HOBBY is to SHARE FUN. Take this channel here for example: its pure humor but kinda fused with a bit education, at least sometimes. Isnt the direct Evolution of that Fun/Education-Channel, like Oversimplified, Forrest Valkai, Bluejay, Some More News, Viced Rhino and all such? Tell me, am i the Criminal my Prisonwart says i am for recommending-around, believing myself to act in the Spirit of The-Click??

[@Bacony_Cakes]

@@loturzelrestaurant dafuq??

[@7PhoenixAshes]

I remember reading somewhere that the NH probe arrived at Pluto six seconds earlier than NASA had estimated. Nine years of flight time and only *six seconds* of variance. That is an insane level of precision.

[@Sparrow8812]

The commands being sent were actually by the New Horizons Mission Operations Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The only thing NASA really did was pay for it 😂

[@spipsdew6157]

@@Sparrow8812 NASA would have also built the thing and calculated how to actually maneuver it yes?

[@nyssarc146]

I remember when we all properly saw pluto for the first time and how excited we all were. Obviously the heart is just pareidolia, but honestly it just felt like pluto going 🫶 at us from space and it still makes me so soft thinking about it up there

[@PongoXBongo]

It's like it's saying it still loves us even though we demoted it to a dwarf planet.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@PongoXBongo why is it a demotion? why do people get emotional tied up in what we name things? it's really weird.

[@luminousbug5585]

Up? More like out there

[@PongoXBongo]

@@thomasneal9291 Nothing emotional about the demotion on the scale of asteroid to star.

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

That's a new word on me. Pareidolia-I had to look that one up! Now to get the scrabble board out!

[@narcissusabcd]

I am 28 years old and I was never that much astonished about the astrophysics as a person with a completely different profession. Your videos are unbelievable. I was about to cry when I have seen how Pluto and its moon orbiting around themselves.

[@argentorangeok6224]

Charon forever circles Pluto- demanding to speak to its manager.

[@mikewolosz9456]

Just think how much planning and luck went into gets that even close enough to take photos. These folks are amazing. They should be given more credit then any athlete or Hollywood person. What they do it truly outstanding not having a hit movie or hitting a home run.

[@axe4770]

If they were to have a movie I don’t think the general audience would understand anything they trying to explain at all including the technical terms in astrophysics that no one have ever heard of.

[@insertnamehere8121]

@@axe4770 Go listen to some stored radio broadcasts from the 1930s, you’ll find more intelligent media, because it was speaking to a generally more mature and intelligent general audience. Feel free to research the history of western IQ, and you’ll find that it peaked in the late 1800s and has been gradually declining since. Easier environments do not invite problem solving minds. Challenge and hardship sharpens intelligence…

[@adz693]

The precision of the maths is what blows my mind. Remember that Pluto had never completed a full orbit in the lifetime of its discovery - so they were essentially on a 'best guess' prediction of where it would be at the time of the flyby. I think I read that they were only out by 4 seconds on the timing of closest approach which is astonishing when it took 9.5 years to get there.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@adz693 well... NASA only hires the best engineers and physics of the entire world. Is still impressive regardless

[@x--.]

Pluto may have been demoted from planet status but it came back with a vengeance. Far from a lump of cold rock it showed us how spectacular it could be. Just unimaginable, literally, I don't think anyone could have imagined the interesting features and variety.

[@cinnamonstar808]

USA demote it because they dont want what PLUTO🪐🍪 will be serving : "ice cold" 🥶 when it returns in 2024 PLUTO as a planet represents: JUDGEMENT & KARMA. ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ look at the age of the USA / and look at the cycle of Pluto ? = exactly ■ Look at the year Pluto left: ________________ ■ Look at the year the United States of America founded: ___________

[@_Cymbals]

In some ways it's more of a planet than many we actually call planets

[@enorazza]

This. I always thought it was just a big rock floating in space and its strange orbit was the only interesting thing. I was so wrong I feel I owe an apology to Pluto & Caron. Sorry guys!!

[@OGPatriot03]

A Dwarf Planet is still a planet..

[@x--.]

@@OGPatriot03 Oh, I thought there were only 8 planets now & Pluto was demoted. Thanks for clarifying.

[@edilee5909]

Thanks for sharing New Horizons' progress! I had just remembered how excited I was back in 2015 and was wondering what had happened to it

[@FreeSpiritinLove]

Your videos are wonderful. There was something very touching about this one. Thank you for the hard work that you put into making it. ❤

[@mrmadmaxalot]

When I was a kid in the late 80s early 90s Pluto was always my favorite. It was tiny and mysterious. I was, like many, bummed when it was removed from the list of planets. However, this also made me think that Pluto had many brothers and sisters out there waiting to be observed. I started following NASA updates on New Horizons before it even launched, and back then it seemed that it would be 'forever' till it actually arrived. And now, here we are, years after the flyby, and it all went so fast. Life is so short. But now I have seen Pluto and Charon. This is what I wanted as a child. :)

[@wolfshanze5980]

Don't worry... Pluto is STILL a planet... Pluto didn't change, some astronomer changed his mind what a planet was... If I decided that all humans have 3 arms and 3 legs, and therefore you're no longer human, does that change who you really are?

[@cloudneverclear]

Why doesn't KZbin have a show less button

[@cloudneverclear]

@@wolfshanze5980 it quite literally does

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@wolfshanze5980 It was a group of Astronomers at a conference. However, the proposals about Pluto (dwarf planets and what defines a 'planet') were left till the end of the last day, when many of the main Astronomers had left on their journeys home, leaving a minority who actually voted in the changes. Because of this I have never accepted the change and Pluto remains, the 9th Planet. In addition, the changes they voted in make Luna (our moon) a planet and we are technically part of a binary planet because of that but I notice they don't talk about that part, just that Pluto is no longer defined as a planet, stupid dweebs.

[@npip99]

@@wolfshanze5980 The problem is that if you want Pluto to be a Planet, there are about a dozen Kuiper Belt objects that are about as large as Pluto. Opinions are opinions, but consistency is different than inconsistency. Either all of those should be planets, or none of them.

[@ericswain4177]

I love that the more we explore our planet and beyond the more we discover what we do not know and have to re-evaluate what we thought we knew.

[@PriscillaYoshida]

When I was a kid, I think Pluto was still considered one of the “9” planets at the time. I will be 28 in March

[@lmelior]

I worked at NASA at the time New Horizons did its Pluto flyby, and it was such an exciting time. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@darksu6947]

Where are the aliens dude?

[@luichinplaystation610]

Thank you

[@lmelior]

@@darksu6947 Alas! If they know of any, they didn't tell me. Amusingly enough, my branch chief had a NASA report entitled, "Life in the Universe" from 1979. She gave it to me when I joked about them hiding aliens from us. It's just about how extraterrestrial life might arise, how to search for it, etc. Unfortunately no aliens, but it is pretty cool, there's a section by Frank Drake, famously the creator of the Drake Equation.

[@definitelynotadreamstan3247]

Why is nobody talking about the fact that Arrokoth literally looks like someone's head and torso. Like its genuinely creepy at first.

[@FenderLewis]

What did you do for NASA? Did you actually see real images and video or was it data and mathematics on a screen? Just curious.

[@cosmoscoach4698]

I'm 42 years old, and this video took me back 34 years right into that wonderful world of curiosity and imagination. Thank you for such an excellent presentation! This is going on the playlist for the next family night, for sure...

[@thebritishtwat1317]

Just wanted to say your voice is Amazing for these videos. So soothing man

[@suecox2308]

This is wonderfully absorbing--and beautifully explained. Thank you!

[@aeowrynn7950]

I love how wr can communicate with something from Pluto's distance away, built so many years ago... but my phone loses signal if I don't go outside and stand in one spot on my porch. Lol

[@SomeD00D01]

Yeah how big be the antenna on ye phone

[@NunoCore]

lets all take a moment to appreciate the well trained carrier pigeons that were used to bring back all those pictures and videos.

[@ducktape-3470]

This comment right here officer !

[@blameitondanny]

Who hurt you ? 😧

[@pancake_rabbit]

me

[@BrazilianImperialist]

It was actually the camera man

[@Alex-zi1nb]

insane how all that data can be transmitted back for us to see

[@majupiju2347]

wow so stunning ;D It always feels so unreal when you try to imagine how wast our universe is if we haven't even explored our galaxy. It's so enjoyable to watch videos or read about new discoveries. Please keep up the good work :) you for sure earned yourself a sub!

[@jonbyrne1]

I think it is amazing to see something that no previous generation before us has ever seen. To view images from the outer edge of the solar system and beyond in this kind of resolution is a remarkable achievement for humanity.

[@davidconlee2196]

I come for the astronomy knowledge, but stay for Astrum's voice. Dude has the most pleasant voice

[@timmillan6701]

Always been a Pluto fan- I appreciate this presentation

[@justinluc2572]

I remember reading in my school's library when I was really young, immersing myself in the science section with bugs, botanomy, and my favourite, astronomy. I remember the many pictures of Pluto, some being a pixelated orb, others being artistic recreations of what it could look like. I also read somewhere among those books that a telescope will reach Pluto in 2016. To child me, that sounded so far into the future. Fast forward to 2015, and I was shocked... I felt like a part of myself was fulfilled. The child in my heart whom I thought died leaped when I first saw those first images of the dwarf planet. In that time of childhood to adulthood, I went through depressive episodes, heartbreak, suicidal tendencies, loss, and many shortcomings like everyone else. But the sight of those images awakened the sleeping child within me, and I felt a spark of joy that I hadn't felt in a long time. Science is wonderful, and I'm so glad I never ended my life to be able to see more of what the universe has to offer.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

As someone who has tried to end my life a few times as well, I _COMPLETELY_ get where you are coming from. Being able to bear witness to new discoveries, knowledge, technology, historical events, etc. is a motivational reward for pressing forward and having the strength and balls to keep fighting through this incredibly difficult thing called life. That, and the giving and receiving of unconditional love, expression of joy, and lack of judgement from the dear, innocent animals I’ve had/have as pets in my life. Humans never fail to break my heart (the ones I’ve known/currently know personally, and our species in general) - but animals are so amazing to me, and they remind me of just how special and valuable life is. Be well.

[@BeeNot_afraid]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 are you doing ok now

[@cfctuesday_]

this is beautiful ❤🙏

[@nerd2544]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 your name worries me

[@TheNocturnalpheonix]

@Justin Luc Ditto,Hoah, and sometimes, a breakdown is just a breakthrough, buddyman.🤘😘🔥 Purpose, possibility, and potential, propels us into a pace of personal power and passion. We're never as alone as we may feel.🌈

[@skycloud4802]

It's amazing to see Pluto in all its beauty. I always liked Pluto for being the small planet far out in the deep space. But I used to picture it as a 'boring' or uninteresting sterile rocky body like Mercury or our moon. That Pluto has an atmosphere, glaciers, and interesting surface composition and activity is astonishing. I did a space presentation a few decades ago as child, and I remember painting Pluto purple or blue with craters because I figured it would look cold and rocky. I couldn't have imagined red being on the surface.

[@1legend517]

Look at how far Sedna is away from the sun. That's also a red object. Makes you wonder what that looks like.

[@martinluther7782]

And it's amazing to see the Disney dog Pluto on Pluto as well. They were both 'discovered'/invented around the same year (1930) btw. AMAZING!

[@progamerbufovi]

@@martinluther7782 what do you mean

[@bigguy7353]

@@martinluther7782 It isn't actually, it's just the human brain matrixing. It looks nothing like the dog.

[@bigguy7353]

@@progamerbufovi People who like to strive to be clever made up the idea that a huge barren area of the planet Pluto resembles the dog from evil Disney. It does not.

[@ImAlrightITHINK]

Thank you for your passion. I feel like I learned alot. But also was intrigued.

[@erikrq4087]

Nice video...I appreciate the work that went into producing it!

[@cujbj1]

As a dad the most impressive thing to me was shaving 3 years off the trip

[@jogzyg2036]

ArE wE nearly ThEre YET?

[@KarlBunker]

Wow, this is the best episode of Astrum I've ever seen. It was well worth your effort to bring all of these amazing images and fascinating info together into one supercut. The notion that the Kuiper Belt might be teaming with objects that have subsurface oceans of liquid water -- and possibly even life -- is just mind-boggling.

[@paulgibbon5991]

It's interesting how we make a big deal about the "Habitable Zone" when looking for exoplanets, but so many possible candidates for life locally are far outside it.

[@KarlBunker]

@@paulgibbon5991 Totally agree. What they really mean is "zone that might be hospitable to life on the surface of a planet."

[@bajablaster1]

Space is truly amazing.if only more went into exploring

[@Pinnix]

You've done an absolutely splendid job of bringing New Horizons data to life for your viewers. I had not suspected the wealth and complexity of information revealed by the images. This was fascinating. Well done!

[@kamelhaj6850]

Agree 100%.

[@Maniacprotester]

This was WAAAY more interesting and entertaining than I would of thought. Very well made and informative has me excited for what's next in this little satellites Journey

[@wjkgreen]

It is a probe. Not a satellite. To be a satellite, a celestial or artificial body must be orbiting a planet. Moons are celestial satellites. Communication probes which have been placed into Earth's orbit are artificial satellites.

[@DanioPaskal]

yup, at first I was like, 30 min? Ended up watching the whole thing

[@kristinessTX]

Your English is musical. Your mild accent is beautiful and I hear a kind cheerfulness and reverence. It helps convey the wonders of our universe. I wish you could read all the male characters in all my favorite fantasy books.

[@MrMan-sy4ev]

It funny that we denounced Pluto as a planet, then years later we find out it’s actually the prettiest one.

[@LifeSimulator_]

I’ve been out for the past 13 hours tripping on LSD with my two best friends in the world, I’m back at home now coming down and I’m so comfortable in bed and I just saw this come up on my recommended. I would never ever watch this normally but I’m just really in the mood to appreciate how beautiful the universe is right now. I can tell you with extreme happiness that this video very much achieved that and I am appreciating the universe so much right now. If you’re reading this, look at your palms and just study them man, they’re beautiful.

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

See a doctor……quickly !!!

[@LifeSimulator_]

@@Kingcarparpeggio Why..?

[@GameyRaccoon]

Imagind doing drugs.

[@roots6716]

Crystal clear detailed images received from such a distance……..yet I still have to wander around my house to find just the right spot to be able to make a phone call

[@TrySomeFentanyl]

Well thats what happens when you use walmart as your carrier.

[@Aarun_Pai]

Lol

[@zeltech-alpha]

Well, phone calls rely on a omni-directional signal output meanwhile space comms relies on directional signal communications.

[@paulward4268]

Yeah.. but from Pluto distance, it took approximately 4 hours and 25 minutes to receive the signal back on Earth. Don't think it takes that long to make a call in your house - even with patchy reception! 😁

[@Robbielazar]

@@TrySomeFentanyllol

[@acs9289]

These are some great wallpapers

[@tasmedic]

Thanks for your excellent content, Alex.

[@lawrencemoon4966]

Does anyone remember Pluto being depicted as a dusty blue planet(mostly in books/kids shows)? Seeing that it's a white/ivory and rusty red is incredible! And that heart on the side! It looks so cool in the rotation phtos

[@JK-dv3qe]

Pluto will always be the 9th planet in my book no matter what those 'woke' scientists say 💖🥊🤟💌

[@cafeequinox2074]

Yeah cuz blue equals cold I guess

[@noiz1762]

@@JK-dv3qe it is in fact woke to consider it a planet. i know its a joke but its super amusing to me

[@chaos0987654321]

@@JK-dv3qe based

[@chaos0987654321]

@@noiz1762 "hey you know that derogatory word you were using? Uhm actually, it really applies to your side of the conversation. Why? Well, it just does ok" LMAO 🤡

[@tangosmymango]

Fun fact about the Horizon mission: The person who initially found Pluto first had their ashes transported on the Horizon, and then his ashes were dropped on the surface of Pluto.

[@User-jk8wq]

That would be Clyde Tombaugh

[@JeepnHeel]

Barely reached it and already littering-- typical humans

[@Lillilady888]

Thats amazing, couldnt they have attached a gopro to it when it got dropped to the surface 😅

[@chris91wd]

Very informative and perfectly paced. Well done