The 2030's will see many advances in our understanding of the solar system's icy moons. ESA's JU.I.C.E, NASA's Europa clipper and Dragonfly, and other projects, are now intended at finding evidence of life. I look forward to future episodes of Kosmo reporting on their findings..
Sorry to nitpick, but the views of Saturn in the sky are not possible, because a) Titan's orbital inclination is 0.3 degrees, meaning the rings would be pretty much edge-on all the time and b) Titan's atmospheric soup is so thick, you would probably not be able to see the Sun, let alone Saturn, ever.
@@Theodorus5 To quote the Wikipedia article on Titan's atmosphere: "The Huygens probe was unable to detect the direction of the Sun during its descent, and although it was able to take images from the surface, the Huygens team likened the process to "taking pictures of an asphalt parking lot at dusk"." It also mentions that the atmosphere is so thick, it reaches up more than 1000km high, and that humans could fly just by attaching wing-like devices to their arms and flapping them.
The "dragonfly" drone should be able to withstand being submerged in the bodies of liquid or at least, some drone attached to it via umbilical cable to be dragged through the liquid thereby gaining real info on the liquid since dragonfly can survey everywhere else but the liquid!
Think about how dangerous it would be to do this in a helicopter. Now think about how ridiculously dangerous it would be to do this with a pre-programmed robotic device at a distance where the turnaround time for any signal is 4+ hours. I don't think this will happen until we have humans in Titan orbit to oversee operations without that delay.
Burning question: If you brought a supply of oxygen to Titan, released it, and struck a match, would there be a combustion cascade that sets the whole planet on fire?
no but good theory tho but if titans atmosphere was actually oxygen that you could breath in then yeah you could do it or at least set the lakes in fire maybe not the whole MOON
I actually wondered the exact same thing the other day. The theory was that we could combust all of that methane into water and carbon dioxide. After discussing with some others, we would need an infeasibly large amount of oxygen. We could, in theory, release oxygen into Titan’s atmosphere by drilling up the metal oxide minerals in its crust, but this could take centuries.
I love anything dealing with Titan. But the Scale of the size of those rivers and seas had to have made the discovery of STATE SIZED BODIES OF LIQUID MADE THE SCIENTIST SPIT OUT THEIR COFFEE. But for Carl Sagan to figure that Titan had liquid methane before it was discovered is awesome.
For anyone who does not know, Kelvin and Celsius temperature scales are identical, they simply zero at different points. Absolute zero is 0 degrees K while the freezing point of fresh water is 0 C. Any change is identical for both. Of course K can never be a negative value.
1. It's Saturn, not Jupiter, but I'm sure that was just a brainfart :P 2. That view is completely unrealistic - first of all, Titan's orbital inclination is 0.3 degrees, meaning it would be edge-on with Saturn's rings. Secondly, Titan's atmosphere would probably make it impossible to see Saturn from Titan's surface.
Why? It is much further out from the Sun, meaning solar energy is not much of an option. It is extremely cold. It is much harder to reach than Mars, and it takes much longer to get there, at least with current technologies.
Thank you! Fascinating and informative. Just a heads-up: "Mare" is a Latin word meaning "sea." It therefore isn't pronounced as one would pronounce it as if one were speaking of a female horse. It is pronounced "mah-ray."
Hey! I got a question. Since we know that the Saturnian moon Titan has essentially flowing rivers and rains, and lakes, of what is essentially Zippo lighter fluid (hydrocarbons) and Everclear, just what types of sub-zero dinosaurs created all that? :)
All fossil fuels are made from hydrocarbons. However, not all hydrocarbons come from fossil fuels. You can have ethane and methane come from non-biological sources. Just as diamonds (pure carbon) are not necessarily formed from such fossil fuels either. Therefore, there are probably no sub-zero dinosaurs responsible for forming those hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. But wouldn't it be cool if we found some anyway? 😁
@@jasontoddman7265 kind of. I had to think for a moment whether I wanted to post it or not. Honestly, I was thinking of the Simpsons episode where Moe's got raided during prohibition.
@3:40 You misspoke and said Hydrogen. I cannot wait until the Dragonfly mission to reveal more about the gorgeous moon. I think Titan does indeed have life silicon based on it's surface and in it's methane water bodies. It just may also have hydrothermal vents in the brine like salt h20 oceans with carbon based life. Awesome video Kosmo!!
Though I'd freak if it turned out the rings of Saturn included the One Ring and the Nine Rings made for Men - and that Sauron was waiting to ensnare people traveling to Titan with them.
Missed uour videos. Glad to see you back. Somehow didnt see your newest uploads the past 8 months. I hope your views reach your past normal range. Great stuff as always, gonna watch all your newest videos this morning:)
Liquid methane rivers, excellent! Great findings! Kraken Mare Fabulous sea monster in the Norwegian seas said to be a mile and a half in circumference and to cause a whirlpool when it dives.
It's a paradox, there's no other life in our solar system, yet the universe is beyond vast and holds countless forms of life, including bipedal intelligent beings from 1' tall to 20' tall.
Hi @Kosmo_off . I love your videos. I'm just watching this and wanted to point out that at 3:43 you say hydrogen, but the image shows nitrogen. But more importantly, at 4:13 you say "dissolved organic matter", but organic specifically refers to an amalgamation of that which was (or is) a living organism (hence organic). I think the distinction is significant in this context.
Pretty sure "dissolved organic matter" is a shortened meaning of "dissolved matter that results from organic chemistry" but I'm just as pretty sure you knew that already (if you didn't, use Google, the distinction is right there)
And "more inportantly" if you have taken the time to post, then you know full well that titan is 95% nitrogen in the atmosphere. It's good to be right, but it's more right to be good. (And not a smart ass. Anyone can make a mistake)
@@cragrock I'd say the first part he brought up was valid just because it truly is an audio-to-video error that they would probably like to be aware of and could probably fix quite easily. Second part, though...definitely unnecessary nitpicking.
@@SteedRuckus it's not unnecessary nitpicking. Organic relates to organisms and there are none confirmed on Titan. It is misinformation being phrased as "dissolved organic matter".
Given that earth has life at all extremes on the planet, it would silly to suggest that life couldn’t exist because of heat/cold/pressure/lack of sunlight, or anything else you can think of. It all exists here, so why wouldn’t it evolve elsewhere?
When I build my spaceship I'll swing by and pick you two up and we will answer these questions for humanity. I've been preparing my whole life for this. I'm ready
Wow, long, great maded, high quality material :) Good work! I'm gonna watch more about different globes :). Is there Pluto... uuu there's Pluto as well. This will be my second travel :3 my favourite globe
Excellent website - very stimulating. I will continue to return to it and I can't wait for the next trip to the planet by the unbeatable "Yanks". Thanks, from Ireland.
What isn't happening on Titan is Saturn at this very cinematic angle in the sky like in the intro. I don't mind. :) Maybe a few more "maybe's" or "we think" or "our current leading theory is" would be good. Declaring the interior layout as a fact is a bit too soon.
We have more than 200 "planets" in our solar system... Totally unknown and mysterious.. You have so much to do! First walk around the neighborhood, then shake our wings strongly..
Unfortunately it doesn't look like this IRL. 1. You can't see Saturn through Titan's thick atmosphere 2. If you could, you'd barely see the rings because Titan 's orbit is nearly edge-on with them.
@@1DTL no, we just had Cassini flyby (and analyze Titan's atmospheric composition) several hundred times, and landed a probe with various instruments on Titan's surface, and we got a ton of publicly available data back, but what do I know, right?
I wonder if they could bring some water and test for any signs of life. There's a high probability that there's life out there but our galaxies are too far away to communicate with each other
dude what is up with the music like are we watching GoT? like you name a fact and the music goes up as if I'm suppose to be MORE enthralled or something.
Hi, everyone! Long time no see! Do you want more vids about the Solar System?
Yes please. Like if you agree with me 👍
Definitely
yes please 🙏💜😀
Yes!!!
No. Black Hole White Hole entanglement
Thank you Kosmo
Ah, I never get bored learning more about space. Thank you for your video.
Space between your ears, perhaps.
What's point
@@morganevans4145 lol "what's point"?
@LVB🦅 to many beers can't remember lol 😂
@@morganevans4145 👍
Those views from the surface of the far away sun & giant Saturn just looks so surreal. Love learning about our solar system
One of the best-ever videos about Titan I have watched until today. Congratulations and thank you!
The 2030's will see many advances in our understanding of the solar system's icy moons. ESA's JU.I.C.E, NASA's Europa clipper and Dragonfly, and other projects, are now intended at finding evidence of life. I look forward to future episodes of Kosmo reporting on their findings..
it would be awesome if an icy moon had a mount everest size creature living under the surface.
I pray they stick a super high resolution camera on the Dragonfly probe and fly over its lakes
@@jaymanilla289they would never find it
It's amazing that we know this much detail about something so far away.
Like you ever having s3x with a woman, like how long you'll last in said pity sex
@@JezusC Jesus Christ! You died a virgin?
I love this tour of landmarks on solar system celestial bodies. Make more please
love this content. keep up the good work
Sorry to nitpick, but the views of Saturn in the sky are not possible, because a) Titan's orbital inclination is 0.3 degrees, meaning the rings would be pretty much edge-on all the time and b) Titan's atmospheric soup is so thick, you would probably not be able to see the Sun, let alone Saturn, ever.
not even a little bit?
@@Theodorus5 To quote the Wikipedia article on Titan's atmosphere:
"The Huygens probe was unable to detect the direction of the Sun during its descent, and although it was able to take images from the surface, the Huygens team likened the process to "taking pictures of an asphalt parking lot at dusk"."
It also mentions that the atmosphere is so thick, it reaches up more than 1000km high, and that humans could fly just by attaching wing-like devices to their arms and flapping them.
@@bjornl.8447 ok thanks, but Huygens cameras different from human eyes, ja? :) so maybe we something.....
@@Theodorus5 Huygen's cameras cover the visible spectrum.
@@bjornl.8447 dammit :)
Absolutely! This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about so many wonderful and hidden things in our solar system.
The "dragonfly" drone should be able to withstand being submerged in the bodies of liquid or at least, some drone attached to it via umbilical cable to be dragged through the liquid thereby gaining real info on the liquid since dragonfly can survey everywhere else but the liquid!
Apparently its landing near the pole, not the coastal areas
Think about how dangerous it would be to do this in a helicopter.
Now think about how ridiculously dangerous it would be to do this with a pre-programmed robotic device at a distance where the turnaround time for any signal is 4+ hours.
I don't think this will happen until we have humans in Titan orbit to oversee operations without that delay.
Burning question:
If you brought a supply of oxygen to Titan, released it, and struck a match, would there be a combustion cascade that sets the whole planet on fire?
No. Once the oxidizer would run out you’d lose the localized reaction. Good pun though.
The cassini Huygens probe had to have costed 1.5 billion
Nah
no but good theory tho but if titans atmosphere was actually oxygen that you could breath in then yeah you could do it or at least set the lakes in fire maybe not the whole MOON
I actually wondered the exact same thing the other day. The theory was that we could combust all of that methane into water and carbon dioxide. After discussing with some others, we would need an infeasibly large amount of oxygen. We could, in theory, release oxygen into Titan’s atmosphere by drilling up the metal oxide minerals in its crust, but this could take centuries.
I love anything dealing with Titan. But the Scale of the size of those rivers and seas had to have made the discovery of STATE SIZED BODIES OF LIQUID MADE THE SCIENTIST SPIT OUT THEIR COFFEE. But for Carl Sagan to figure that Titan had liquid methane before it was discovered is awesome.
Fantastic as always! I love how you combined actual images with cgi representations. Yes please, more solar system videos! Thank you so much!
All fake
@@simpleman5688 Just like your personality
@@simpleman5688 where's your proof?
@@simpleman5688yeah where's your proof if this video is all fake then you need proof first kid
I'd love there to be some oddity of a life form swimming in Titans Lakes
Is @kosmo DOC your channel as well? Why have two channels where you upload the same videos ?
This is one of, if not the, best CGI documentaries of the moon Titan.. Thank You,
I like the voice of this man 😮 it strengthens my mind to learn more from KOSMO 😢
For anyone who does not know, Kelvin and Celsius temperature scales are identical, they simply zero at different points. Absolute zero is 0 degrees K while the freezing point of fresh water is 0 C. Any change is identical for both. Of course K can never be a negative value.
#Transformers
That view of Jupiter is to die for, you would never get sick of looking up into the sky
1. It's Saturn, not Jupiter, but I'm sure that was just a brainfart :P
2. That view is completely unrealistic - first of all, Titan's orbital inclination is 0.3 degrees, meaning it would be edge-on with Saturn's rings. Secondly, Titan's atmosphere would probably make it impossible to see Saturn from Titan's surface.
Or the painting…
@@bjornl.8447 you must be invited to parties a lot 😅.
@@christianhopkins7751 sorry for pointing out artistic license on a science education video :P
Great video....I really enjoyed it👍🌌
Titan is my favorite moon and is a better choice than mars to live on
Why?
It is much further out from the Sun, meaning solar energy is not much of an option.
It is extremely cold.
It is much harder to reach than Mars, and it takes much longer to get there, at least with current technologies.
@@bjornl.8447 when the sun becomes a red giant, the sunlight and and the warmth we be sufficient, that's prob another billion years
I don't think there was a drill on Huygens - it was a static impactor.
Thank you! Fascinating and informative. Just a heads-up: "Mare" is a Latin word meaning "sea." It therefore isn't pronounced as one would pronounce it as if one were speaking of a female horse. It is pronounced "mah-ray."
@@mal2ksc Well, yeah, except it's Latin.
Ahhh, thanks!
I instinctively read it with a Spanish sound, glad to know I was on the right track :)
It's re like in resolution not ray.
@@BuddhaOwlSounds like an Ecclesiastical accent
Hey! I got a question.
Since we know that the Saturnian moon Titan has essentially flowing rivers and rains, and lakes, of what is essentially Zippo lighter fluid (hydrocarbons) and Everclear, just what types of sub-zero dinosaurs created all that? :)
All fossil fuels are made from hydrocarbons. However, not all hydrocarbons come from fossil fuels. You can have ethane and methane come from non-biological sources. Just as diamonds (pure carbon) are not necessarily formed from such fossil fuels either. Therefore, there are probably no sub-zero dinosaurs responsible for forming those hydrocarbon lakes on Titan.
But wouldn't it be cool if we found some anyway? 😁
The coolest dinos in the universe, that's who!
@@timtheskeptic1147 *Coolest?* Was that pun intentional? 😁
@@jasontoddman7265 kind of. I had to think for a moment whether I wanted to post it or not.
Honestly, I was thinking of the Simpsons episode where Moe's got raided during prohibition.
@@timtheskeptic1147 Nice one 😂
Great video! Thanks man! ❤
I love your videos, these animations are truly amazing.👍♥️
I love Kosmo. You did it again 👍😁
Probably the best Titan video so far from any channel on RUclips. Great detail and information! 💙
Looks real doesn't it.
Man i love titan so much. thanks for the great video
@3:40 You misspoke and said Hydrogen.
I cannot wait until the Dragonfly mission to reveal more about the gorgeous moon. I think Titan does indeed have life silicon based on it's surface and in it's methane water bodies. It just may also have hydrothermal vents in the brine like salt h20 oceans with carbon based life.
Awesome video Kosmo!!
Yes, we know
@@nipunnanda8613 You know... which part?
You are the best narrator on RUclips. 🙏
That was a sudden and jarring beginning.
Beautiful, scary, amazing TITAN. I can't wait for Dragonfly to explore this world and send back to us fascinating new data.
The fact that there is a Mount Doom in our Solar System is awesome.
Though I'd freak if it turned out the rings of Saturn included the One Ring and the Nine Rings made for Men - and that Sauron was waiting to ensnare people traveling to Titan with them.
Just found this channel!!! Amazing videos
Dude has been killin it lately!
Amazin coverage👏🏿👏🏿
Yes we want more man love your video 👍
Amazing as always ❤
The quality of video and details given are very worthy. I must sub.
How are inner cores of celestial bodies calculated? I can't find anything on Google. My search inputs probably aren't clear enough?
Go ask that in one of the subreddits (probably askscience or ELI5) and someone will probably give a concrete answer
Titan is like an end game zone in a game lol one day we'll have that gear to colonize it too 😆
Missed uour videos. Glad to see you back. Somehow didnt see your newest uploads the past 8 months. I hope your views reach your past normal range. Great stuff as always, gonna watch all your newest videos this morning:)
Liquid methane rivers, excellent! Great findings! Kraken Mare Fabulous sea monster in the Norwegian seas said to be a mile and a half in circumference and to cause a whirlpool when it dives.
Titan is a truly fascinating planet and we are about to learn more
I know it's a technicality, but Titan is a moon (it orbits a planet), not a planet (it doesn't orbit the Sun).
GLORY to God in the HIGHEST 😇😇😇
It's a paradox, there's no other life in our solar system, yet the universe is beyond vast and holds countless forms of life, including bipedal intelligent beings from 1' tall to 20' tall.
A true quality output. Thank you.👍
Hi @Kosmo_off . I love your videos. I'm just watching this and wanted to point out that at 3:43 you say hydrogen, but the image shows nitrogen. But more importantly, at 4:13 you say "dissolved organic matter", but organic specifically refers to an amalgamation of that which was (or is) a living organism (hence organic). I think the distinction is significant in this context.
Pretty sure "dissolved organic matter" is a shortened meaning of "dissolved matter that results from organic chemistry" but I'm just as pretty sure you knew that already (if you didn't, use Google, the distinction is right there)
And "more inportantly" if you have taken the time to post, then you know full well that titan is 95% nitrogen in the atmosphere. It's good to be right, but it's more right to be good. (And not a smart ass. Anyone can make a mistake)
@@cragrock I'd say the first part he brought up was valid just because it truly is an audio-to-video error that they would probably like to be aware of and could probably fix quite easily.
Second part, though...definitely unnecessary nitpicking.
@@SteedRuckus it's not unnecessary nitpicking. Organic relates to organisms and there are none confirmed on Titan. It is misinformation being phrased as "dissolved organic matter".
@@cragrock you seem quite hostile. Are you okay?
Cloud cities in the layer of complete calm. Clearly.
Amazing video. Yes more videos please also who’s the music artist? I love the music in this video
I believe its a matter of time before we detect confirm a biosignature somewhere in the universe 😄
Given that earth has life at all extremes on the planet, it would silly to suggest that life couldn’t exist because of heat/cold/pressure/lack of sunlight, or anything else you can think of. It all exists here, so why wouldn’t it evolve elsewhere?
Yeah might've been confirmed long time ago.
Read about the discovery of Phosphine on Venus, might be the first biosignature we discovered.
gases made liquid, liquids made solid... it's hard for most people to imagine fluids existing in states like that for extended periods of time
Most interesting and very well produced and narrated - excellent, clear diction!
How about a video about Oumuamua?
We know just about nothing about Oumuamua, and will never be able to learn more about it, unless we develop new propulsion technologies.
I love watching these high, it just blows my fucking mind
Bro, what would the liquid water underneath the crust TASTE like?? What if I used it as my water for a bong rip??
Bro if we went to Titan, got some ice, and then brought it back to earth and put it in our bongs man.
When I build my spaceship I'll swing by and pick you two up and we will answer these questions for humanity. I've been preparing my whole life for this. I'm ready
Dragonfly mission is so awesome 😊😊
I'm a sucker for anything about Titan !
Wow, long, great maded, high quality material :) Good work! I'm gonna watch more about different globes :). Is there Pluto... uuu there's Pluto as well. This will be my second travel :3 my favourite globe
The best 👍👍👍
Wish they names the mount doom as orodruin instead of doom mons.
Very well done and interesting too. Thanks.
if nasa ever found life only them and the government would know
And the government would undoubtedly try to give them money.
Excellent website - very stimulating. I will continue to return to it and I can't wait for the next trip to the planet by the unbeatable "Yanks". Thanks, from Ireland.
You have such a lovely calming voice. You could record meditation videos
Any planet with an active core is alive, but sentient life is another matter entirely.
The wonderful but uninhabitable surfaces shows us just how lucky we are here on Earth. It should be expressed more in talks about savi g our planet.
Is the narration computer generated? Not a criticism, I'm just curious.
No. Check the credits at the end. Speaker:- James Buikman.
you definitely were not the only one who thought this haha, I was convinced it was synthesized until i read the description
Hi, background music too loud. (:
Upgrade your sound system! 👍
soundtrack is amazing!
I love the fact titans mountains are named after the lord of the rings and the hobbit mountains. A Tolkien fans dream
What isn't happening on Titan is Saturn at this very cinematic angle in the sky like in the intro. I don't mind. :)
Maybe a few more "maybe's" or "we think" or "our current leading theory is" would be good. Declaring the interior layout as a fact is a bit too soon.
We have more than 200 "planets" in our solar system... Totally unknown and mysterious.. You have so much to do! First walk around the neighborhood, then shake our wings strongly..
4:08 that shot could have been straight out of no man's sky😅
Facts, it looks just like it
Unfortunately it doesn't look like this IRL. 1. You can't see Saturn through Titan's thick atmosphere 2. If you could, you'd barely see the rings because Titan 's orbit is nearly edge-on with them.
@@bjornl.8447 Please tell me more about how you witnessed it IRL...
@@1DTL no, we just had Cassini flyby (and analyze Titan's atmospheric composition) several hundred times, and landed a probe with various instruments on Titan's surface, and we got a ton of publicly available data back, but what do I know, right?
The naming of the areas is almost like playing WoW and exploring Azeroth :D
Yay TITAN!! TYVM Kosmo
I can't wait to go to Titan to meet Thanos!
my favorite celestial body TITAN 💪!!
Realy I like this video so so much
The adiri area looks like the lower half of a human face seen from the side
Amazing documentary thank you for vedios
Definitely yes, please.
Titan looks like the place where they filemd lord of the rings😂
Questions in the titles of videos piss me off.
I wonder if they could bring some water and test for any signs of life. There's a high probability that there's life out there but our galaxies are too far away to communicate with each other
There is water all over on and in Titan in the form of ice. In fact it's so cold, water ice behaves like rocks.
There's something about HAL 9000 in your voice! Cool!
Astronomers: Titan is outside the habitable zone!
Nasa: Goes there n finds life soon.🕶
Grateful
Scietist said Titan's Thicc and all Na-tu-ra-le.. no enhancement needed 🤣🤣
dude what is up with the music like are we watching GoT? like you name a fact and the music goes up as if I'm suppose to be MORE enthralled or something.
I am so excited for dragonfly. The photos are going to be amazing! It will be such a long wait to 2027.
im 20 rn and I doubt ima want to leave earth once im 65+ so can u guys hurry up with this space stuff I wanna explore
same bro
Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution.
has anyone tried staying at hotel arcus? I can't find any ratings.
Your voice is so damn good!
I absolutely love and am grateful for this channel's content 🙏 Thank You!!
Make more vdo's abt Shangri-la,El dorado
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