The Final Images We Will Ever See of Pluto and Arrokoth

[@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!♡

[@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

[@MindBodySoulOk]

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

[@Deltexterity]

@@MindBodySoulOk ???

[@Nezha_Main]

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

[@Tuning3434]

@@MindBodySoulOk 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.

[@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!!!!!‼️🌛👁️🌜

[@2009samiy]

youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

[@exumbra1399]

Mankind's collective response when scientists said our favorite 9th planet is "not a planet": 😠 23:30: Also, doesn't that look like an effigy of an old man?!

[@glenncambray9783]

Familiarty with the moon did not breed such contempt with the great Daoist poets of China.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.” 🖤

[@FDguy343]

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

[@SunBear69420]

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]

@@SunBear69420your name is literally Hugh Janus 69420, you genuinely can’t be serious

[@jelalejanaabubakar7860]

​@@SunBear69420 how about you start empathizing with op :D

[@SunBear69420]

@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.

[@hazeaveiro2049]

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.

[@GillfigGarstang]

The images of Pluto which showed up in my books as a kid were the ones taken by Hubble, so I always thought it would turn out to be a mottled yellow/orange with large areas of dark blue-gray.

[@x--.]

Shocked. I remember being absolutely shocked when they showed Pluto. I never would have imagined so much interesting geology. Breath taking.

[@prion42]

My textbooks were pre-Hubble. We thought it was gray like Luna.

[@girlgarde]

@Pedro Ortega I remember that book too. It was quite informative about Outer Space for its time and I enjoyed seeing all the aliens on the Solar System's different planets in the What If scenario including the Zistles. It's too bad that none of the aliens in the book exist or else it might encourage Humans to put more funding into Space programs.

[@isshinryu11]

And let's not forget major matt Mason, and the colorform aliens to Amp up excitement! I remember reading a bit on a planet x out there. Who knows, but the author of this documentary is commended!

[@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…

[@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!

[@FDguy343]

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

[@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!

[@azure-2837]

lol

[@fungshui4850]

❤

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@SephirothRyu]

Fun fact: Fun fact, Cerberus is derived from kerberos, the Ancient Greek word for "spotted". Which means that Hades, Greek God of the Underworld, named his giant three-headed guard dog the equivalent of "Spot".

[@rgnotdead]

@@SephirothRyu that.........cracked me up.

[@ChronicNewb]

@@SephirothRyu oh my god I love this

[@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 💕🙏

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@LivingTheGoodLife777]

“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

[@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)

[@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

[@Ang3lUki]

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.

[@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.

[@AcrylicFox]

🤓

[@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

[@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.

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@_MARSyt]

@@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

[@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 👽👽

[@littlesmallworld123]

During the Arrokoth approach time lapse, it really blew my mind the perspective of the object as it came closer. You realize how much "space" is in between that object and everything that appears to be around it.

[@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.

[@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.

[@TrentBattyDrums]

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

[@Релёкс84]

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

[@daklr2501]

the fact that Pluto and Charon are tidally locked and blowing kisses to one another in the most romantic way ever and Charon isn't named Persephone/Prosepina instead is genuinely one of the most criminal misnomers in all of space to me rn.

[@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

[@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

[@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-riley]

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

[@scornmaz3]

What makes me sad is that the further New Horizons gets, the longer the new pictures and information about celestial bodies it visits are going to take to reach us. It's like a beloved friend very far away sending mail and us looking forward to it every day. But the days are years

[@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.

[@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.

[@FDguy343]

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 !

[@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

[@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.

[@jorgebarajas2265]

Clyde Tombaugh's ashes are on horizons upper deck. He discovered Pluto back in 1930. He’s dream was to one day visit the planet. Passed away in 1997. Amazing tribute.

[@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?

[@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-riley]

Pretty gay

[@disgustedcharlie6679]

Gay as hell

[@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.

[@drewdegen9043]

The sheer beauty of these images is riveting and the realization that it is all happening 6 billion km away and we can actually see it is mindbending. All the effort put into making this video is absolutely worth it. Thank you!

[@michelleper5065]

AI is really strong about this subject, really keeping this clean lol Amazing just how dire the situation is.

[@Michiganian8]

6 billion Km, use miles, I can’t convert that

[@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.

[@neil-gz6ve]

Citizen of pluto: "take me to your leader" Citizens of Pluto's largest moon: "take me to your manager"

[@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."

[@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!

[@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%.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@charliemartin-k7m]

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

[@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.

[@KevinOnEarth_]

Want to know something cool that most people don’t realize? Technically, light travels at a finite speed meaning what we see in the night sky is actually a snapshot of the past. So, if a catastrophic event were to occur on a planet several light years away, we wouldn't know about it until the light from that event reached us that many years later. For pluto, it would take about 5 and a half hours.

[@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.🌈

[@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: ___________

[@_MARSyt]

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.

[@daniell1483]

Astronomy is the only field of science that can provoke an emotional response from me. It puts the scale of human existence into perspective. We are so unfathomably small and new, here and gone in the blink of an eye. I hope that some day we humans get our act together and explore our solar system and beyond. The galaxy is so full of amazing features. It is like the more we learn, the more we realize how little we understand.

[@DrGargani]

yes, exactly, we are infinitesimally small, and yet, our EGO's are infinitesimally large..lol.....

[@error404webpagenotfound]

We are but a microscopic speck in the vast place we call space. I like to hope that when I die my spirit can just explore space to my hearts content.

[@Goodzillla1066]

Maybe these feelings are intended by our maker to make us long for more. This generated curiosity will create a love for afterlife where we will have to witness our Sun as red giant, most stars extinguished, the atmosphere stripped, before passing to the new universe (paradise is as big as the current universe according to mystic eastern tradition such as J. Rumi).

[@daniell1483]

@@Goodzillla1066 Well, humans don't have a maker, so that isn't really possible. Even if it were, why long for your death? Weird.

[@Goodzillla1066]

@@daniell1483 I tried to tell you first. You're the one longing to "get our act together and explore the solar system and beyond". Na'ah. Never gonna happen. Even Voyager 1, launched 1977 and travelling more than 60,000 kph has still not been able to exit the solar system. Don't even think of alpha centauri. No use hoping. Ever. Not in this life.

[@MrMan-sy4ev]

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

[@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

[@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...

[@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.

[@sherryrector2275]

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

[@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.

[@NOMADCREATIVESOLUTIONS]

The images of Pluto were actually so great to see in comparison to many things, really crisp planetoid images that stirred the imagination, it looked so real and solid as opposed to the gas nature of other planets - it was awesome to witness such sharp detail of such a far planet

[@Jazzbeau]

Marvelous work, as usual, Alex. Thanks for all you do with this channel.

[@GreggyAck]

It really is great.

[@frankdimeglio8216]

@@GreggyAck CLEARLY, gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites (ON BALANCE); as the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Consider TIME (AND time dilation) ON BALANCE. By Frank DiMeglio

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@GreggyAck 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??

[@Morris-c8f]

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

[@brianholmes1812]

I always find the references to mythology names of planets and moons really fun, but they missed a golden opportunity with Pluto. While Charon is connected with Pluto in Greco-roman myths as ferryman of ghe dead, they should have named it Persephone or Kore, Pluto's wife and Queen. Because how cute would it be to say that Pluto, the planet with a big heart, just can't stop looking at its wife???

[@xavierxavier166]

Its intentional, the scientific comunity deep down knows, Pluto aind no simp.

[@ivory231]

@@xavierxavier166 pluto had to deal with rejection once with being revoked planet status. So it aint no simp

[@xavierxavier166]

@@ivory231 the scientific comunity turned their back on Pluto.. After he worked on himself and went to the gym the scientific comunity wanted to be friends again, but Pluto then turned his back on them

[@xavierxavier166]

@@ivory231 sigma Pluto? Perhaps

[@ivory231]

@@xavierxavier166 for real

[@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

[@emmaslow]

As someone who knows almost nothing about even the basics of any of the planets, I think it's testament to the incredible storytelling and editing skills of this producer that I have watched it all the way through, utterly captivated. Thank you ❤

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

[@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 🤯

[@Vodhin]

I don't think I've ever seen - and heard - such a wonderful video series as Astrum, Alex. You are up there right along side Carl and Neil when it comes to just listening to your descriptions: The cadence and wonder you inject into these videos make me hope that more and more earthlings find your channel. Thank you.

[@marklipson]

It's his sheer enthusiasm for the subject. And this is a great story. This was brilliant work.

[@eIucidate]

This is the first video of his I've ever watched. Instant subscribe. I'm mind-blown.

[@davidappelgate320]

I'd definitely recommend SEA and Cool Worlds Lab for more of this exact vibe. :) Those two plus Astrum are the three best astronomical ASMR channels out there.

[@andersjjensen]

@@eIucidate If you haven't watched his video about Mercury I highly recommend it. Nobody has ever managed to "sell" Mercury as an interesting planet before to me before. Alex certainly made that happen! :P

[@TheSassyPotato]

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

[@shaynejoseph1527]

I remember vividly the lead up to the launch of New Horizons, following every moment on its journey that was reported, and then seeing in amazement the images of this strange little system. A planet that had captured my imagination since I was a kid was finally revealed in so much detail and it was more fascinating than I could have ever predicted.

[@zvisger]

Seeing these things is so surreal. Until I found this channel I didn't even know that we've sent so many missions to such far away places. Seeing the moon, and even moreso all the planets and moons around them close up is so fascinating. Its hard to believe we have these wild machines everywhere in space just exploring, being connected wirelessly at such a distance is insane too. I'm curious what technology they used to make that happen.

[@AmyAndThePup]

All I've heard is radio waves. But how you can upload like that is beyond me. And the fact that little craft is able to communicate with us from such a vast distance away is mind-boggling.

[@WestInBovall]

It's called uneducated

[@rjc4me]

All of them... Happy Travelling!

[@theworldisfallingapart867]

space is quite a stage

[@logangriffin439]

With little-to-no knowledge... *all* the technology. All of it. Literally *millions* of years of collective, cumulative manpower, research, and engineering. 50,000 ppl × 50 years = 2.5 *million* years. Look into deep-focusing documentaries on the Apollo Era. They took research from around the world found from the beginnings of aviation & the first World War, the little "test rockets" kids play with to huge scale throughout the second (mostly blowing things up, well into the 60s), and finally, computing & material science (along with unbelievable amounts of physics & chemistry). All the while lives & careers, even industries, institutions, and flags were lost. In the late 60s, the computing that sent Neil & Buzz to the moon was limited to a few thousand bits, about the same as a 4 function calculator & a minute fraction of the data in my comment here (like less than 1%). Years earlier, a 5,000 sq ft building could hold far less. Even 1 kilobit per second transmission, that's mentioned herein (based in 2003 technology being used 20 years later); that's 92 *hours* for a gigabyte. My Spotify app is 5GB & contains 50 times that in music (33k songs, 4 months of music, yeah I know), and a terabyte has been said to be able to store an entire person's life. They're now being sold for $60. Styrofoam was discovered as an insulator for spacecraft. Microwaves came from the same entities as well. *Polymers*. Plastics, rubbers, shoes, tires, packaging, memory foam, insulation, heat conductors, refrigeration, eyeglasses, toxin neutralizers, diapers, most clothing except cotton & wool, emergency blankets... Polymers are 90% of our lives. Anti-corrosives, anti-icing, anti-fog, anti-scratch, anti-shatter, anti-warp, anti-melt, anti-static, anti-flammable, anti-anything. Food preservation & safety, including the FDA's & most companies' own guidebook for safety since '92, HACCP, as well as much of what we eat (baby formula, freeze dried food, fruits & vegetables via UV treatmrnt seeing 10 times the shelf life, many vitamins & fortified foods). Water & air filtration, 2-second thermometers, medical imaging, hearing aids, LASIK, cancer detection, surgical equipment & robotics, medications & procedures, prosthetics. Barcodes, LEDs, rechargeable batteries, smoke & carbon monoxide detectors, firefighting equipment & extinguishers, vehicle & system fail-safes, digital cameras, telephones, headphones, computers, the internet, wifi, GPS, weather detection, traffic controls, much of modern aviation, emergency responses... *It was 𝘢𝘭𝘭 of the technology* And, with no rhyme or reason to where it came from or where it dispersed, irrespective of time & place, as we see both behind & ahead. Anthropologists believe culture in & of itself has allowed humans to encircle the globe. Arthur C. Clarke, a British author, in 1962 wrote these three laws, perhaps of no regard: 1.) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2.) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3.) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. In several thousand years (as I've seen others comment here & elsewhere, everywhere) it would be easy, if not natural, to forsee an understanding & reckoning, looking back at this era of space exploration... The first age of humanity (or perhaps, step, happening throughout history) was the Stone Age, and occurred from as early as 2.5M-400,000 years ago to around 12,000BCE. It was the time of small bands hunting & gathering, the emergence of culture, art, & language, and the discovery of tools & fire. The second was the Bronze Age, which culminated in the period around 4,000BCE to 1,000BCE. This time period consisted of the first domestication & genetic manipulation of the natural world, agriculture & towns becoming cities, the first laws & societies. The first wars, and the discovery of advanced materials & the simple machines. The third, and some would argue current, was the Iron Age. Many others, and myself, would argue that by 550BCE, the Iron Age had been slowly supplanted by something else, having little to do with materials themselves. This was the time of Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle; Confucius, Laozi, & Zisi; the time of knowledge & thought, or put another way, writing. *It's writing*. The Age of Paper, when the first "books" emerged, too often to be lost & after millenia of progress... Another millenium forward, in 1455CE, Johann Gutenberg "invents" the printing press, though the technology had begun in the 8th century CE during the Tang Dynasty, later perfected by Bi Sheng in 1040CE during the Northern Song. This is how we got here. Millions & millions & billions of cumulative hours of work, ideas, and thought, that could remain & be passed down, forever. The discoveries of seafaring, gunpowder, electricity, the forces of biology, physics, & chemistry, the atom, the rocket, and now genetics were certain punctuations. All together, they culminated in the Age of Space, really, the Technology Age. Something that took humanity millions of years, that life had apparently fought for in the last 4 billion, to leave our blue dot, forever... In 10,000 more years, as one can imagine (or Frank Herbert did, born more than 100 years ago, in 6 books of over 3,000 pages written from 1965 to 1985, specifically focused on a story roughly 16 millenia hence that takes place over 5 more millenia), the exodus from the Earth is seen as akin to the discovery of fire or the flight from East Africa, mythical. In fact, in the Dune novels & in other works, little to nothing is known of the Earth. Technology is so ubiquitous & has existed for so long, it's treated in much the same way as religion or belief, forming societies in & of itself. When we today measure time in years, they do so in centuries, and likewise with space, resources. Trillions upon trillions of people across countless millions of worlds, they all come & go, many no better off than at any other point in history. Unbelievable power, unimaginable suffering. Interstellar travel, terraforming & control of celestial bodies as you'd build a house, nanotechnology, mastery of both the mind & *all* of biology, sentient machines regularly wiping much of humanity of the map several times, Eden after Eden destroyed or created... even death for many becomes a distant memory. It's all still based upon the transfer of knowledge. Remember that it is understood today that at one point, several hundred thousand years ago in Kenya & Ethiopia, humans may have numbered no more than a few thousand... So, to see a little rock & what ices it has at 4.19 billion miles (6.74B km) away from a Fiat-500-sized $785M camera hurtling at 8 and a half miles a second (13.7kps) is as throwing a dull spear at a gazelle, but it takes millions of years of evolution & countless millenia to achieve. It wasn't mentioned by McColgan, but the CPU nearly died *10 days* before closest approach to Pluto when they sent too many commands, taking 2 days to fix, and the parallax between Alpha Centuari A & B? That was "the first demonstration of an easily observable stellar parallax". Their third try at observing a KBO, they're playing the waiting game that telescope technology will catch-up, as they have most of the 2030s to wait, while it still flies at 8 miles a second, 30,700 an hour, from Earth to the sun in 126 days. At 45 AU, it's likely to reach another 30 or more before losing power, slower than Voyager 1, but still barely past halfway to the heliopause & interstellar space... They hope to turn it around, at the end, to get a last glimpse of Earth, fearing it will likely fry the camera as even Jupiter will be less than a degree from the dim light.... The next many centuries, millenium or 2, will see the countless "ships to the New World", many never to be heard from again, and many genocides to occur once again... but all there will be are time & space. And knowledge, technology, and the bent, forward, of humanity. "History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes" - Mark Twain, 1874 Longest comment of my life 😂😂🥲❤ *this* is what I'm here for, this is my religion.

[@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 👽

[@maelstrom2313]

That's a big assumption, considering that not too far from it is a major point of interest.

[@Deadlyish]

It's incredible how these objects could blow us away with how strange and fascinating they are, after we assumed they wouldn't be anywhere near as interesting as other worlds. It makes you wonder what's left to discover in other places of the solar system we've yet to explore.

[@phantasticmrphasma9874]

King Flippy Nips will be lost forever.. Pluto is a Planet!

[@AmethystXinnia]

I love when space news comes out, I am studying to major to be an astrophysicist/astronomer. Watching these videos during my summer break makes me look forward to completing school and hopefully getting an internship at a space agency in 2023! Good luck to all with your ambitions and endeavors! 💜

[@Trolligi]

Good luck

[@AmethystXinnia]

@@Trolligi Thanks!💙

[@nova3530onyt]

That's soo awesome. Watched The Martian last night and thought it was soo cool having a cool job like that, hope you get it and may all your dreams come true!

[@Blueturtle1]

Best of luck 👍

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Great show! When the first images of Pluto were beamed back to Earth, I was flabbergasted. The feelings came back again while watching your video. Even a few tears welled up in my eyes. It's incredible what these scientists accomplished. I rate it up there with some of the greatest feats of man: Magellan's voyage around the world, the moon landings, and the Hubble Space Telescope.

[@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.

[@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 🤡

[@topgunne12]

Knowing that during my lifetime that we normal people can't explore space, but can only explore the unknown, it saddens me that the world is continuously focusing on population, political control, and material objects. A small part of the populace continue to push the limits of science, and they are commended by people like us. Thank you for reminding us that not all hope is lost.

[@MVRDaniel]

Looks amazing! Thanks for putting this together. The only issue I take is with the title implying that we’ll never again have new pictures of Pluto. Maybe I’m just an optimist but I’d like to think we’ll develop something that will be able to send out probes again but this time get them there much more quickly so that within the next 5-10 years we’ll get some more pics! 🤗

[@PresleyPerswain]

I think there will be another mission to Pluto eventually but maybe not for a while because nasa is so focused on putting people back on the moon (because that's what the politicians want). Robot probes do a lot more science for a lot less money, but manned spaceflight is a lot more news worthy. And a future Pluto probe is probably going to travel a lot slower, not faster, so it can hang around a lot longer.

[@Adohleas]

Yeah I feel the title is far too pessimistic and overwhelmingly unlikely to not be the case. Sure it may be many years but we will eventually send out new satellites that will take new pictures.

[@mattrange5439]

Yep, very clickbait-y title.

[@nope123-w6d]

Oh Pluto, I still love you.

[@hyliadreamer]

I remember when I learned about New Horizons. I was so excited, and it seemed like 2015 was forever away. How well worth the wait this data has proven to be! What a goldmine of information and imagery; we'll be learning new things simply from the data you've discussed here alone!

[@keithbrown7685]

What brought me down a little, was that no one around me gave or knew or wanted to know two hoots about New Horizons. There was either indifference, ignorance, or religious denial. My own Christian friends seemed afraid of the subject because it might put too many kinks in their bible myth narrative. They just didn't want to know. And that's a letdown.

[@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

[@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

[@micahfoley9572]

I love that one can accurately describe this mission as "robot hot rod to pluto!"

[@cujbj1]

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

[@jogzyg2036]

ArE wE nearly ThEre YET?

[@justdriveon]

Alex! Greetings from Seattle, Washington! Man I have enjoyed your series so much over these past several years. You’ve made astronomy so easily accessible and understandable to lay people like myself. As a kid I grew up watching the original Cosmos series by one of my heroes, Carl Sagan. Your videos are an inspiration and continue to leave me in AWE of our wonderful Cosmos. Thank you so much! Peace! 🌍✌️

[@rajveerkanojiya2985]

5 dollars 👏

[@walkingcontradiction223]

@Alan Brent Unger Greetings from Renton, Washington... Drinking a cup of coffee (No, definitely not Starbucks). Been watching Mt. Ranier since the sun graced us with it's presence about an hour and a half ago. Now I must do the thing that needs doing, going to the store for groceries.. Be well

[@lem1738]

I’m from Richland, southeast WA, just wanna say hi lol

[@AleighLovesMusic]

I’ve learned so much through this video which is incredible for me since I study astronomy in my free time for pleasure. Pluto is at times closer to the sun than Neptune? That seriously shocked me. Charon is a wonder in itself and the way it orbits around Pluto is seriously astounding and so rare. Brilliant video!

[@DinotielDraws]

Imagine the patience and excitement launching something that you’re not going to get results for until years after

[@MrSailor36]

This is the best video on New Horizons I’ve seen so far. Thank you very much for your work and tremendous effort!

[@longtailgt]

Those photos of Pluto are absolutely mesmerising on a whole new level! This was a superb video. There is such so much information and knowledge that it's impossible to watch in one shot and understand everything. This is the kind of video you have to watch twice for that!

[@asandax6]

I remember watching National Geographic (The good ol' days) when they were talking about this mission and explaining how difficult timing everything will be since there's a huge time delay. The guy in the video even demonstrated by getting in a car with a camera blind folded and had to take a picture as the car moved.

[@NickBelis]

Until my dying day Pluto was, is and will be - for me - the ninth planet...

[@Релёкс84]

Weird hill to die on, but ok