Why ESA's BepiColombo Took Such a Convoluted Route to Mercury

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @robbierobinson8819
    @robbierobinson8819 6 месяцев назад +44

    Starting my fascination with space when as a junior school kid our teacher brought a radio into the room so we could hear the broadcast of the beeps of Sputnik 1 it is mind-blowing to have videos and reports such as you do on Astrum bringing real images and data that were mainly in artist's ideas and writer's imaginings in Astounding or other SciFi magazines. Thank you for such a great channel and real human narration.

  • @microbuilder
    @microbuilder 6 месяцев назад +217

    Growing up with shows like Star Trek, these videos, if nothing else, show me just how far we have come, and just how far we have to go...equally impressed and frustrated lol

    • @jerseybound717
      @jerseybound717 6 месяцев назад +26

      Just think of how much further we would have gotten if people didn't lose interest in NASA so early on. We lost a lot of tech and things to be able to push more people into space because the public got bored and didn't want to pay taxes to Nasa anymore. Nasa's budget doesn't even show on a scale to the defense budget,

    • @Ritziey
      @Ritziey 6 месяцев назад

      i dont know about u.s system but doesn't it depend on the ruling government to decide the allotment of budgets for nasa or defence etc. they could allocate a little more for space science @@jerseybound717

    • @ntsejfamyaj
      @ntsejfamyaj 6 месяцев назад +3

      Lucky you. I grew up watching Trump criminal and civil trials, along with Ukraine combat videos.

    • @musicbro8225
      @musicbro8225 6 месяцев назад

      @@jerseybound717 I don't think it's fair to blame all of common man (to be un-pc) - we are guided by our economies and those who drive them. If they get bored with it, or more to the point, couldn't see the profit in it compared to the industry of destruction and reconstruction then what could you or I do to change that?
      We have been 'inspired' by corruption and war with psychological manipulation and misinformation, as if that is our true nature - we could have been lead down a more loving and cooperative path. Trouble is we could never know because we give in to our 'devils' with barely a whimper, the cynics have won.

    • @OurAmazingSkies
      @OurAmazingSkies 6 месяцев назад +2

      Human's are still playing with expensive fireworks, 'star trek' is a long long way off yet...

  • @nightphyre1021
    @nightphyre1021 6 месяцев назад +21

    Great work, you produce better content in higher quantity than entire tv networks. You are going to be like Carl Sagan for many young kids. You make me happy the internet exists.

  • @alimohammedabd
    @alimohammedabd 6 месяцев назад +14

    Gotta say. All your vids are very informative. Stuff like this should be on tv.

  • @robsin2810
    @robsin2810 6 месяцев назад +46

    Alex, I thank you and your team for expanding my old brain. Your voice and ability to explain the subjects is just wonderful.👍🙏🇦🇺

  • @ndstar4267
    @ndstar4267 6 месяцев назад +9

    I have always been fascinated with Mercury along with Pluto ever since I was 10 years old. Back in the 70’s, thank you very much for your ongoing info. In the intriguing universe.

    • @MrTonaluv
      @MrTonaluv 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yes I grew up with both Mercury and Pluto underexplored. I guess they weren't a priority compared to other planets. Also Pluto was ridiculously far away which is a big reason TBH.

  • @valentinobaksa9119
    @valentinobaksa9119 6 месяцев назад +10

    New episode just before bedtime, thank You! ❤

  • @richardletaw4068
    @richardletaw4068 6 месяцев назад +11

    THAT is what synthesizers were designed for! At least, in part.
    Early synth designers didn’t see them as limited to being musical instruments, and therefore did not include keyboards. ANY transducer capable of producing an appropriate voltage was fair game.
    Those guys would have loved this! (As do I.)
    Thanks for sharing this, Astrum!

  • @matthewtopping2061
    @matthewtopping2061 4 месяца назад +1

    There aren't many science channels I know of that have presenters with such clear, soothing diction as this one, to say nothing of the thorough research that must surely go into each and every one of these lovely videos. Great for winding down in the late evening.

    • @astrumspace
      @astrumspace  4 месяца назад +1

      That's very kind of you to say. Glad you enjoy the videos!

  • @jippalippa
    @jippalippa 6 месяцев назад +160

    Bepicolombo is such a silly name; I love it!

    • @Taverius
      @Taverius 6 месяцев назад +51

      It's named after Giuseppe "Bepi" Colobo, an Italian scientist working for NASA who figured some of the weirder orbital mechanics things for Mercury flybys in the 70s for the Mariner program.
      We wouldn't really have much data on Mercury without him.

    • @FischerNilsA
      @FischerNilsA 6 месяцев назад +7

      Granpa columbus.

    • @Deletirium
      @Deletirium 6 месяцев назад +13

      It sounds like a childrens' educational cartoon. A dancing blue bear or something.

    • @jerseybound717
      @jerseybound717 6 месяцев назад +7

      When you find out it's named after Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo

    • @hyperturbotechnomike
      @hyperturbotechnomike 6 месяцев назад +20

      My name is Giuseppe Bepi Colombo, but everybody calls me Bepi Colombo

  • @r.adhamaal5401
    @r.adhamaal5401 6 месяцев назад +7

    This is a boon for the common people who on earth wants information like this.Thanks Astrum

  • @pablitopnl
    @pablitopnl 6 месяцев назад +87

    Great video is always! Also, I understand sponsors are greed to have to be able to keep videos going. However, please, if you could reconsider the sponsorship with better help. Their practices are quite unethical and would love to see an improved vetting system or practice with feature sponsors

    • @robinbinder8658
      @robinbinder8658 6 месяцев назад +1

      imma add this channel to my blacklist. how can they seriously still do this !!! its truly baffling...

    • @shootingblueyes
      @shootingblueyes 6 месяцев назад +2

      Scott Manley makes better quality videos on similar topics, I highly suggest him as an alternative

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 6 месяцев назад +3

      @robinbinder8658 Bye, I guess. Why does everyone have to whine about sponsorships? He’s not forcing you to buy anything… he’s making his money.

    • @Yezpahr
      @Yezpahr 6 месяцев назад

      ​ @Sniperboy5551 It's just a phase... like when everybody said "wazaaaaa". Now everybody overreacts over a (proven) sham sponsor.
      And truth be told, it's not even certain he gets paid. They might throw around terms like CTR/CPM and say it's bad so they pay less or they want you to do another video.
      Established Titles started this whiteknighting phenomenon, they overdid their scam by also scamming the creators and now every sponsor gets scrutinized 10x more.

    • @MrOskiee
      @MrOskiee 6 месяцев назад +2

      Don't hate the player, hate the game.

  • @jeremyglass4283
    @jeremyglass4283 6 месяцев назад +133

    did anyone else initially think the Manley crater was named after Scott Manley?😂

    • @Vinemaple
      @Vinemaple 6 месяцев назад +9

      "Manley by name but not by nature, eh?" --Connie Bloor

    • @Thepher6
      @Thepher6 6 месяцев назад +21

      Clearly this imposter didn't fly safe, leaving the crater and all

    • @IvanRodriguez-tl2zr
      @IvanRodriguez-tl2zr 6 месяцев назад +12

      33434 Scottmanley: Am I a joke to you?

    • @rickde0602
      @rickde0602 6 месяцев назад +4

      I certainly did! Fly safe.

    • @FischerNilsA
      @FischerNilsA 6 месяцев назад

      I knew it was not -
      but I too did think about him with a _"youtubers probably will be used as honorable namings at one point"._

  • @jonathanrossroberts
    @jonathanrossroberts 6 месяцев назад +8

    Wonderful video as always! Thanks for the great content!

  • @danieldmg
    @danieldmg 6 месяцев назад +10

    So interesting, congrats for this video!

  • @robertfindley921
    @robertfindley921 6 месяцев назад +18

    Love it! Science is awesome. I wish people would stop spending so much time and money on mythology and focus on science.

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Reformsqua
      That's a huge claim you're making. I'd beg to differ. Humans are STILL working on multigenerational and international projects to this day that have very little to do with either, apart from possibly being a belief of the scientists involved in some manner (generally religion). That's far from making it the core basis for doing the research in the first place.

    • @Lavonne9870
      @Lavonne9870 6 месяцев назад +1

      I wish they'd stop spending the money on trillion dollar jets that ultimately got canned, and spend it on research or infrastructure.

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu 6 месяцев назад +1

      I love how people get all bent about "mythology" while never actually studying the subject. Almost like it's some sort of allergy. On the other hand, many of the top scientific minds in history were fascinated and inspired by it. Still are.

    • @kevinsayes
      @kevinsayes 6 месяцев назад

      “Amen” lol

  • @AS-zc8mr
    @AS-zc8mr 6 месяцев назад +6

    cheers from Santiago Chile!!!

  • @JoyRBradford
    @JoyRBradford 6 месяцев назад +11

    Awesome! Thank you Astrum! ✨

  • @colindeer4908
    @colindeer4908 6 месяцев назад +6

    Alex, I found this presentation fascinating. Wow, that final audio clip was awesome . The images provide us with so much detail of our distant cousin planet . I do love hearing your presentation.

    • @old_guard2431
      @old_guard2431 5 месяцев назад

      Music of the Spheres. Only one, but still epic.

  • @johnproctor6438
    @johnproctor6438 6 месяцев назад +143

    Pampu facula sounds like something I would call someone when I’m drunk.

    • @advicepirate8673
      @advicepirate8673 6 месяцев назад +8

      lmao

    • @ElDerpy
      @ElDerpy 6 месяцев назад +5

      said it regularly when i worked in an italian restaurant and the chef would stomp on my feet when passing

    • @wyattboothby5285
      @wyattboothby5285 6 месяцев назад +7

      Sounds like something I'd call ME when I'm drunk..

    • @michaellee6489
      @michaellee6489 6 месяцев назад +1

      Aaaaaahahahahaha lmao!

    • @nickychimes4719
      @nickychimes4719 6 месяцев назад

      It's from Harry potter mate, it's actually a spell to summon a big sandwich

  • @ImHighOnPropain
    @ImHighOnPropain 6 месяцев назад +10

    Love the videos were you talk about space missions!

  • @ZMAN_420
    @ZMAN_420 6 месяцев назад +4

    Great Content! Thanks for the upload.👍🏻

  • @jugomebu
    @jugomebu 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you for another beautiful upload

  • @CaidicusProductions
    @CaidicusProductions 6 месяцев назад +1

    What an amazing presentation. Thank you, Alex, it was simply beautiful.

  • @earnestbrown6524
    @earnestbrown6524 6 месяцев назад +9

    That 1st audio clip took me back to my days of looking at SONAR displays.

    • @davidrees1840
      @davidrees1840 6 месяцев назад +1

      ...and the 2nd one is Jimmy Page!

    • @WombuNan
      @WombuNan 6 месяцев назад

      @@davidrees1840LMAO

  • @tofudasimp4140
    @tofudasimp4140 6 месяцев назад +8

    loving these vids keep up the good work :)

  • @CrispyLooper2112
    @CrispyLooper2112 6 месяцев назад +2

    Fascinating!! Great work!! Love this channel

  • @kalam420
    @kalam420 3 месяца назад

    Your voice has been added to my inner monologue, excited giggles, chuckles and all.

  • @MWL_-jo3nf
    @MWL_-jo3nf 6 месяцев назад +10

    Uploaded 9 minutes ago, perfect timing I'm watching this for sleep now😂

  • @andyh5666
    @andyh5666 6 месяцев назад +19

    13:07 Alex, for some unknown reason the timbre of your voice wakes up my robovac and it sits there asking for further instructions 🤣 Not the first time I've noticed this but only seems to happen with your voice in particular 👍 Great content.

  • @Synarix189
    @Synarix189 4 месяца назад +7

    Don't use better help without first reading about them!

    • @starfang1567
      @starfang1567 2 дня назад

      Exactly, they’re a scam company

  • @iamdmc
    @iamdmc 6 месяцев назад +8

    Hope your throat feels better soon! Strange that I've watched so many of your videos that I can hear a rasp in your voice.
    Thanks for yet another informative and inspiring video! As a neuroscientist who wishes he'd become an astrophysicist I am often glued to your videos!

    • @lexinwonderland5741
      @lexinwonderland5741 6 месяцев назад +2

      funny enough, I went the opposite direction. May we both find better fortune in our new pursuits! interdisciplinary knowledge is responsible for huge amounts of scientific progress, so I have no doubt you'll be more than welcomed in the field!

  • @milodemoray
    @milodemoray 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this video Alex.The ability for us to "hear" the data brings an amazing quality to astronomy.

  • @Deletirium
    @Deletirium 6 месяцев назад +32

    How do you think we can tell everytime someone's smiling, just by the sound of their voice? I'm always puzzled by that. Alex always starts off smiling, then gets a little more serious, then half smiles the rest of the time. It's so weird how you can immediately hear the voice change.

    • @justinmason5042
      @justinmason5042 6 месяцев назад +6

      It’s probably really difficult to keep that up for the hours and hours that it takes to record something like this lol

    • @HelloThere.....
      @HelloThere..... 6 месяцев назад +2

      Your voice changes depending on the shape of your mouth.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 6 месяцев назад

      @HelloThere..... Yeah, but it’s interesting how we can interpret those emotions so naturally.

    • @stevoo3237
      @stevoo3237 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's because he is using Better Health

    • @bakedbeings
      @bakedbeings 4 месяца назад

      One way it's achieved: speaking with a raised soft palette.

  • @TheUnatuber
    @TheUnatuber 6 месяцев назад +78

    "Oh, excuse me, sir. I'm sorry, sir, but another question just occurred to me."

    • @nathanddrews
      @nathanddrews 6 месяцев назад +10

      "I can see that you're really very busy and I don't want to be a bother..."

    • @mrsupremegascon
      @mrsupremegascon 6 месяцев назад +13

      You know, there's just one more thing that’s been nagging at me, Mr. Mercury. You've got this solid core of yours, see, and it's unusually large, bigger than what folks usually expect for someone of your stature. Mind if I ask how that happened?

  • @ruperterskin2117
    @ruperterskin2117 6 месяцев назад +2

    Cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • @mykelevangelista6492
    @mykelevangelista6492 6 месяцев назад

    Great video. So looking forward to BepiColombo's final arrival and the information we'll receive. Hope all goes well 👍

  • @TheEyez187
    @TheEyez187 3 месяца назад

    9:45 - That sound byte would sound so cool as the intro to a Psytrance track!

  • @fr57ujf
    @fr57ujf 6 месяцев назад +5

    "Two probes and a propulsion module". The image shows four objects: Transfer Module, Planetary Orbiter, Sun Shield, and Magnetosphericc Orbiter. Can make heads or tail out of that.

    • @francislutz8027
      @francislutz8027 6 месяцев назад

      It's a heat shield/sun shield. It's a simple piece of metal formed to he shape needed.
      Chill Winston!

    • @wyattboothby5285
      @wyattboothby5285 6 месяцев назад +2

      The sun shield is a completely passive module. It has no flight systems, sensors of scientific value or data collection purposes. It's basically a lens cap that gets jettisoned when the orbiter separates from the other components. But yeah, it is technically four sections, so I caught that too. I think he just left it out because it doesn't have a cool acronym like MIO.

    • @fr57ujf
      @fr57ujf 6 месяцев назад +1

      If the two probes are the Planetary Orbiter and the Magnetospheric Orbiter, is the Transfer Module the Propulsion Module?

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@fr57ujf that would seem a sound guess

  • @Shanghaimartin
    @Shanghaimartin 6 месяцев назад +1

    I gotta believe that the extra cost of sending it up with more rocket propellant to they can scrub more speed faster HAS to be worth it if it might shorten the mission time by months or even years.

  • @peter_gagliardi
    @peter_gagliardi 4 месяца назад

    Did not expect this video to give me new ideas to incorporate into my spacey musical compositions, but here we are!

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary 6 месяцев назад +2

    Love your work alex😁

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk 6 месяцев назад

    I'm still so impressed by the incredible planning that resulted in this probe making it as far as it has. And super excited that its orbits will begin in my birth month, hehe!

  • @fr.chrisbazyouros6832
    @fr.chrisbazyouros6832 6 месяцев назад +1

    Did anyone else think he was calling the craft "Baby Columbo"? Great video as always!

  • @hitmanct1
    @hitmanct1 5 месяцев назад

    That synth flyby gives me the chills. 😮

  • @Liam25433
    @Liam25433 6 месяцев назад +2

    Love your vids Astrum

  • @Mr.Benson
    @Mr.Benson 6 месяцев назад +5

    Any truth to the rumor that the space craft was named after the Buca di Beppo restaurant chain?

  • @michaellee6489
    @michaellee6489 6 месяцев назад

    Alex, LOVED those "sonified" audio clips. How Eerie and Beautiful!

  • @LoganHunter82
    @LoganHunter82 6 месяцев назад +5

    I suggest that you reconsider that BetterHelp sponsorship...

  • @-UnchartedSky-
    @-UnchartedSky- 6 месяцев назад +5

    If all there was to watch was Astrum's videos, I would still be happy :)

    • @Deletirium
      @Deletirium 6 месяцев назад +2

      If you like Astrum, you'll enjoy Anton Petrov. Similar vibe, soothing voice, makes esoteric and complex subjects accesible. Nice guy, too.

    • @-UnchartedSky-
      @-UnchartedSky- 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@Deletirium I also love the wonderful person, Anton :)

  • @loisrossi841
    @loisrossi841 4 месяца назад

    Most interesting, thank you.

  • @SleepyCod467
    @SleepyCod467 6 месяцев назад +7

    0:53 actually the constellation of pisces is 350 light years away 🤓

    • @thorr18BEM
      @thorr18BEM 6 месяцев назад +4

      Gamma Piscium (γ Psc), 138 lightyears, magnitude 3.70.🤓
      Omega Piscium (ω Psc), 106 lightyears, class F4IV, magnitude 4.03.🤓
      Revati ("rich"), otherwise Zeta Piscium (ζ Psc), 148 lightyears, class A7IV, magnitude 5.21.🤓
      Epsilon Piscium (ε Psc), 190 lightyears, class K0III, magnitude 4.27.🤓

  • @amon_69
    @amon_69 6 месяцев назад

    finally it's time for this mission to give us data. it's been ages. first time i heard of it was in 2012 on a German space podcast called "Raumzeit".

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 2 месяца назад

    The name BepiColombo makes me think of the bird meme "Bepis vs Conk" and that delights me.
    I remember when I first learned that Mercury and the sun are vastly harder to visit successfully than the outer planets. Having the fuel for slowing down is a big challenge. It's better to spend a long time slowing with gravitational assists than to try to muscle through it, because the fuel requirement for the direct approach is just impractical.
    I'm especially curious about the mystery substance that's off-gassing and remains unidentified even today. I look forward to the readings next year!

  • @Dexterdevloper
    @Dexterdevloper 6 месяцев назад

    thank you so so much , I really love your videos.

  • @chrislong3938
    @chrislong3938 6 месяцев назад +1

    I can only imagine what a sunrise must look like there!

    • @Gdub-ok7ur
      @Gdub-ok7ur 6 месяцев назад

      Very long. Mercury's day is almost twice as long as its year. About 176 earth days long.

  • @masterxyr
    @masterxyr 6 месяцев назад

    delicious insight catered to all of us directly to our pockets and homes. such a wonderful time to be alive, cosmologically speaking :))

  • @russellneitzke4972
    @russellneitzke4972 6 месяцев назад +1

    Does the isotope for the calcium on Mercury match the calcium in our bones? Is the skeleton of life and the drake equation dependent on heavy late bombardment exiting debris between proto planets?

  • @orotubi
    @orotubi 6 месяцев назад

    The name Mio reminds me of Sailor Mercury, Ami Mizuno. She wields the power of hydrokinesis, water/ice power.
    The fact that Mio means "waterway" is such a befitting name for this mission ❤

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 6 месяцев назад +2

    What happens to the craft after it orbits Mercury for one or two years? Do we crash it into Mercury - or the Sun?

  • @LargeToaster_54
    @LargeToaster_54 5 месяцев назад +1

    10:57 did anyone notice the smiley face shaped craters sort of above the center of the screen?

  • @mangogo44
    @mangogo44 6 месяцев назад +4

    Raid shadow legends > Better help. Yes.

  • @RocktCityTim
    @RocktCityTim 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks, Alex! Your Astrum channel should be standard course material for all high school-level STEM curricula. (oh, and saw my Patreon star 😄🚀)

  • @edunger1313
    @edunger1313 6 месяцев назад +2

    Sounds like Alex has cold. Take care of yourself, buddy!

  • @GaryStark
    @GaryStark 6 месяцев назад +2

    How does ESA and NASA manage personnel on missions that take so long? Are people reassigned during the quiet times? Perhaps a video idea…

    • @Deletirium
      @Deletirium 6 месяцев назад +1

      The exciting adventures of the staffing manager as he writes out everybody's schedule?

    • @GaryStark
      @GaryStark 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Deletirium I have no idea how they do it, which is why I asked…

    • @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
      @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 6 месяцев назад +1

      @GaryStark Suspended Animation or Stasis.... Bus Station lockers.

    • @pierman4858
      @pierman4858 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's actually a great question

  • @Titus-as-the-Roman
    @Titus-as-the-Roman 6 месяцев назад +2

    I've had the privilege of a long life as a very interested science observer (science is my passion but it don't pay Squat). From the early 60's thru to mid 70's school years thru to now, I've witnessed the evolution of what I call High Layman information regarding Science (Mercury). My opinion with a Dollar added will get you a 2nd day Doughnut at the Deli, with that said I think Mercury was a Neptune type gas semi-giant that's had all it's upper gas and liquid atmosphere blowtorched off. We had a Hot Semi-Jupiter but not any more.

    • @Astronomical_YouTube
      @Astronomical_YouTube 6 месяцев назад

      Sorry, but that's not the case. At 0.4 AU, Mercury is still far enough away from the Sun that evaporation would take a long, long time. So much time, that the amount of craters we see on it's surface wouldn't match with the amount of craters that we'd expect to see. It'd be noticably off. Of course that's not even mentioning the fact that hydrogen and helium were a very sparse gas in the inner solar system, making Mercury - closest to the Sun and least massive planet in the inner solar system - at the lowest chance of ever developing into any form of gas giant.

    • @Titus-as-the-Roman
      @Titus-as-the-Roman 6 месяцев назад

      @@Astronomical_RUclips- Sir, you're most likely quite Correct, for brevity I 'Try'(*) to keep short as possible but there a point here most missed, I've spent a Long lifetime with various scientific facts, set in stone with all agreeing it's truth, only to be turned on it's head 10 years later by new and more complete evidence. I've seen it time and again, be careful on how hard you hang your hat onto Any Theory, nothing worse than eating scientific crow, as for me I'm a dumba$$, don't care how wrong I may be, professionals' another story- (*), don't always succeed. P.S.- example Hoyle's refusal to admit to any other universal theory but his Own. He was never regarded with the kind of respect he once had before the debate.

    • @illarionbykov7401
      @illarionbykov7401 6 месяцев назад

      ​​@@Astronomical_RUclips"hydrogen and helium were a very sparse gas in the inner solar system" how can we know that now?

    • @Astronomical_YouTube
      @Astronomical_YouTube 6 месяцев назад

      @@illarionbykov7401 because if it wasn't, all terrestrial planets would currently be gas giants.

    • @Astronomical_YouTube
      @Astronomical_YouTube 6 месяцев назад

      @@illarionbykov7401 very good reply. I gave you a perfectly clear response; which wasnt just ''because it wasnt'' read my reply again and observe how there is more text after that. Your reaction is basically ''lol you're lying'' without providing an objection to explain to me why i could be wrong. The distribution of gas and dust in the early solar system is a researched topic, and the fact that you're clueless about it doesn't mean that science is clueless about it.
      In case you want me to tell you more about early solar system research, or ''ancient alien scrolls'' as you like to call it; the reason of the abscense of hydrogen and helium in the inner solar system is because of the sun's radiation. The outward force from the solar radiation pushed out the lighter elements to further distances from the sun, where the solar radiation was less extreme, leaving heavier atoms like iron and silicate behind. That's how we got the heavy and dense terrestrial planets in the inner solar system, and less dense gas planets further from the Sun.

  • @linesided
    @linesided 5 месяцев назад

    Wow, today I ditched a new Event Horizon video for this one. Bravo!

  • @Travecmo
    @Travecmo 5 месяцев назад

    Throughly exciting

  • @BryanLawlor
    @BryanLawlor 6 месяцев назад +1

    So cool! I have never heard of BepiColombo before... it's a catchy name!

  • @shmackydoodRon
    @shmackydoodRon 5 месяцев назад +1

    I can’t believe those science hippies took Vulcan off the list of planets.

  • @davidrees1840
    @davidrees1840 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for such an excellent video. Question: what are the background lines at ~10:21?

  • @ivantuma7969
    @ivantuma7969 2 месяца назад

    sounds like they chose notes from the movie "Sunshine" for the soundmap of the flyby...

  • @Scott-fj9uf
    @Scott-fj9uf 6 месяцев назад +4

    Better help was not helpful to someone I love who needed help.
    Love you Alex.

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 6 месяцев назад +1

    a much better use of the wealth that the planet generates
    than weapons, I'd say.

  • @iggyzorro2406
    @iggyzorro2406 6 месяцев назад +1

    very nice video, thank you. And thank you for not having one of those annoying A.I. narrations. BTW, are you from the same place as the actor Alan Cumming (somewhere in Scotland, I think) there is a similarity in the sound of your speech.

  • @HarmonixJourney
    @HarmonixJourney 6 месяцев назад +2

    So damn fascinating.

  • @ichoppabroccoli3670
    @ichoppabroccoli3670 6 месяцев назад +2

    So the magneto field sounds like something from Pink Floyd. Interesting!

  • @immagical7036
    @immagical7036 3 месяца назад

    Wait, Bepicolombo’s next flyby is gonna be happening during my birthday!!
    Omg hahaha

  • @JafoTHEgreat
    @JafoTHEgreat 6 месяцев назад

    I'm excited to have my name attached to the Clipper Satellite mission to check out the Europa oceans.

  • @NormanLavin
    @NormanLavin 3 месяца назад

    The second clip sounded like Steve Miller band the beginning of jet airliner I believe.

  • @jeanpitre5789
    @jeanpitre5789 5 месяцев назад

    Crazy they found the Vex there

  • @peterrutt7409
    @peterrutt7409 3 месяца назад

    Is the “vacuum of space” keeping the elements of the spacecraft from melting or burning up. If not, what are some other reasons?

  • @musicbro8225
    @musicbro8225 6 месяцев назад

    You revive my youthful wonder!

  • @leatherelf2078
    @leatherelf2078 6 месяцев назад

    Everything about astrophysics amazes me because it is all possible when one day, a man had an idea about what he saw with a prism in sunlight.

  • @g0veGaming
    @g0veGaming 6 месяцев назад

    The fly by sounds straight out of the movie Sunshine

  • @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
    @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 6 месяцев назад

    By the first pictures you showed, I had expected the name of the mission to be M.2-NVME...

  • @CodeBoxDE
    @CodeBoxDE 5 месяцев назад

    these sound clips are so damn creepy. i love it.

  • @geefreck
    @geefreck Месяц назад

    I'd be excited if a lander could be placed in one of the craters near Mercury's poles. Somewhere always in the shade.
    Imagine if rovers could be placed inside that are capable of exploring not just the crater, but could go to the rims, whenever directed. They could study areas that are in direct sunlight, even if just peaking over the edge, and study the same areas during the night. All within a "safe" area of a permanently shadow'd crater.
    🌌 🌓 ☀

  • @nathanddrews
    @nathanddrews 6 месяцев назад

    9:27 The Orb's latest album insane!

  • @Aladrosa
    @Aladrosa 6 месяцев назад +4

    Hey Astrum, love the vids as always, but maybe look into betterhelp and their history. I understand you need sponsors to continue, but betterhelp ain't it.

  • @ramley
    @ramley 6 месяцев назад

    I wish I had a news app on my phone that was purely outer space news about new discoveries curated by Astrum

  • @UnitSe7en
    @UnitSe7en 5 месяцев назад

    Scott's face when they announce Manley crater.
    Scott's face a few moments later when he learns who it's about.

  • @JAmonOfficial
    @JAmonOfficial 6 месяцев назад +6

    Aliens: 'we be like hello guys!'' Earth: 'nah mateys, we scienced your shits out'

  • @sublime8728
    @sublime8728 6 месяцев назад +1

    How is the intense light of the sun eliminated in the images taken by Bepi?

  • @wadedyllancupido7085
    @wadedyllancupido7085 6 месяцев назад

    Love your videos.

  • @WombuNan
    @WombuNan 6 месяцев назад

    Such goofy sounds, I love it ☺️❤️

  • @rickshawwheelchair
    @rickshawwheelchair 5 месяцев назад

    When we understand Mercury better, i hope that will help us terraform venus!

  • @raz562
    @raz562 5 месяцев назад +2

    You’d be hard pressed to find experienced therapists at BH..

  • @zoebulle9102
    @zoebulle9102 6 месяцев назад +1

    this is the earliest i’ve been. love your videos! 🌌

  • @scottmasson3336
    @scottmasson3336 6 месяцев назад +2

    I've read and seen Solaris!!!!

    • @Deletirium
      @Deletirium 6 месяцев назад

      I've seen the George Clooney version...