Your videos are the best space documentaries ever produced. You have rekindled my interest in space. Your voice/narration is top notch. As a side note, I remember watching men walk on the moon on our black and white television as a child.
Your answers about sci-fi movies and overly stretchy and dramatic documentaries are so darn relatable haha! Congratulations once again on 100k subscribers, I've seen hundreds of channels that delve into astronomy and most of them are clickbaity and talk about facts that are only unknown to a layman, or there are those that do talk about more obscure facts but with so little detail and so much oversimplification that it feels like babying. Astrum however is neither of those; it gets straight to the point, is up to date with the latest findings in astronomy, and man your voice is relaxing! So I say you deserve that 100k and a 100k more! Love from Algeria!
I absolutely fell in love with your videos at the very start! Thank you so much for providing this amazing content. Congratulations on your milestone, Here's to the next one!
Congratulations Alex! I've watched ALL Astrum videos. I love what you share with us and look forward to more! These videos are so interesting and the music is calming. I can't say enough about how much I enjoy this channel. Great job!
We all know exactly what you mean when you describe Space-documentaries being over the top dramatic and full of cgi and repeating each other over and over. That is why we all came here to Astrum and subscribed.
Thank you so much for creating this channel Alex. I discovered your channel purely by accident searching for a documentary on Mars and immediately subscribed. Astrum is presented in a professional, informative and entertaining way and would always be my go-to channel for Astrology related matters. As it is improbable I'll ever physically go to space myself your videos help just that extra bit in making me feel like I've already been there.
Your channel works because there’s no click bait and the content is straight to the point. It keeps the viewers intrigued; topics are very interesting. You deserve many more subs. I was here when you had less than 20K and I will be here when you reach the 1M mark. Congratulations! 🎊🎈🎉🍾
Your comment about other RU-vid videos about space and the amount of fluff that is in them is so true! You have the single greatest space channel I have seen! Thank you so much!
Alex- how very refreshing to actually see the face behind Astrum! Truth be told, I had thought of you as an older man, maybe my age, simply because you have a very mature outlook and presentation which is, unfortunately, not too common these days! I'm 62 years old, and grew up at the very beginning of space exploration. It's very exciting to me that I may very well be one of the privileged few to witness both the first men on the moon, and the first on Mars! I mentioned to you once before that I am going through a bit of financial difficulty at the moment, but I will happily donate to your Patreon account once that is resolved. Please continue to bring us these wonderful videos!
One the best and most polished space videos on youtube are from your channel. Direct and to the point. One fact, another fact, an opinion here a mind boggle there. All while calming music plays in the back. Couldn't ask for anything more really. Keep up the great videos!
Congratulations Alex! All your time and hard work is just starting to pay off! The effort that you've put into this channel is very evident. Your subscribers can tell the difference between crappy, tossed together visual junk, and meticulously planned, painstakingly detailed editing, and a real love for the subject matter. You're doing something great here man, so keep your infectious sense of wonder, and keep the good work!
Congratulations on 100 k subs, Astrum has the quality content for sure. You are a very humble guy so well done mate from a star stuff fan in Australia.
Congratulations! You’ve earned this milestone through your hard work, dedication, enthusiasm, and exceptionally informative and beautifully crafted productions. Don’t stop!
Congratz! To me, what makes your channel special is you don't just explain mainstream information about space but you give very special pieces of information too which I heard from only your channel for the first time. Since youtube got so popular people who interested in science knows most of the mainstream knowledge and looking for interesting and detailed scientific information. Your channel is one of several channels which do that. That's why I love Astrum.
When you posted the Jupiter video, I was simply blown away. I thank you for that so much. Incredible. BTW, you were so spot on correct about Saturn. I felt the same. Jupiter was my least favorite planet until I saw your video.
Your (new) logo portraits us viewers as that little person gazing up and you helping us understand it all! just perfect! Love your work. Q: What can I all see with my 50x maginication telescope from my backyard in The Netherlands?
One of my favorite channels and proud to support you on Patreon. Really nice to see you in your video, and I like all your new ideas. Shows how much enthusiasm you have for what you do. Onwards and upwards.
Congratulations!!! (100k, AND your degree!) Titan is an excellent choice. Thank you for your videos, and your content. You are absolutely right about the documentary aspect: overblown graphics, underwhelming content/pace. Your focus is the genius of your productions. Don’t get me wrong! Wonderful visual work. Top notch!
You really nailed it when you said that documentaries are full of needless drama, hyperbole and repetition (the latter often because they are constructed around ad breaks)so feel it necessary to constantly recap. I love how you explain everything in your narration whilst at the same time treating your viewers with having sufficient intelligence to understand the information. You are my favourite You-tuber. I am curious about your accent though but haven’t finished the Q&A yet to find out if you were asked that question. And big congrats on 100,000 subscribers. A great milestone. Now for 1,000,000 - reach for the stars!
Hey Alex! First of all congrats for the 100k subs it's quite an achievement! However I strongly believe you are the most interesting, passionate, dedicated amateur astronomer on allllll of RU-vid and should have a lot more exposure..! I enjoyed every single video you have done so far on this channel it is just soooo well done and rich in content! Thank you so much. Merci beaucoup! Bonne chance dans tes futures projets 🤗☺ I'm sure you got that even tho you said you couldn't speak much French! much love from Quebec, Ca
OMG I played magic school bus in space for years over and over when I was little too! Freaking loved it and still do. I'm so happy you played it too. I love your channel! Keep up the good work!
I was sick :/ But huge fan here i enjoyed every video on this channel so far Stunning images and quality background information You realy earned the 100k subs
Without doubt, the best universe and space channel on RU-vid. You deserve a TV show. Could you please discuss in future videos the case for existence of planet 9 beyond pluto in our solar system?
I am very late in finding your channel, but I have really enjoyed catching up, and watching how your work has been becoming more polished, and how your passion for Space and Love for our world grows, makes me feel like we could be friends in Relative Space if we met. So tho it is 4 years late [and sure to be updated as I review the years to come during this week as I marathon view the channel,] Congratulations on your Milestones as Astrum has grown into a truly fascinating place to watch and learn about Space and our small Blue Dot.
Alex please continue making these videos. I find them fascinating. Your comment about documentary's being too long and full of unnecessary visuals is total correct. There are so many amazing thing to see, on earth and beyond, just focus on the real. Thank you for the effort.
Congratulations!!!! For your fantastic achievement. Hope to see more of the awesome videos in future. Keep up the good work and All the best for future.🍀
Congrats! Love your channel. What you said about documentaries being full of fluff particularly resonates with me. I have given up watching tv documentaries exactly because of that reason. Most of the time one has to wade through an hour of meaningless sensationalism and repetition just to glean perhaps ten minutes of useful content. Thanks god for youtube and passionate people like yourself who produce such amazing content. Keep up the good work!
I completely agree with you on how most space videos on RU-vid are. In contrast, you're doing a fabulous job here. It's simply so good we can't ignore it.
Congratulations on the 100K! Truly deserved, your videos are so good, informative and soothing to listen to and watch. I agree that making videos about something you are passionate about shows straight away and it tends to capture people and you get a following without having to do much else. I think your space videos is definitely where your successful path is, though I am extremely curious about your other channel now :)
I don't watch short films, as a rule, and look for > 45min, that I can sink my teeth into and get more info than a soundbite. Glad I gave yours a chance plus they aren't the clickbait most are. I see you haven't gone to the 1min vids yet and am glad. Your shorter ones tend to often move along too quickly, though. Space is one thing I prefer to linger on and muse over, as many things are so mindblowing. But really really really enjoying your channel! TYSM!
You're channel is the perfect substitute for those documentaries you mentioned. You make about a 20min video that is SUPER focused on a certain planet, moon or a spacecraft. Its super informative and you find some incredible images. I'm huge in space and i have never seen some of these pictures! You really find the gems. I think I saw you mention somewhere that you plan on continuing the "Moons" series. That would be awesome! I've seen you do quite a few in the past but doing videos around certain probes( where they've gone and what they've seen) is great and I'd love to see more! I know that solar probe just recently launched, once they get some data, that'd be a great one! Also just a note. I'm an astrophysics major and the size of the universe is a fascinating topic. It is almost certainly one of two things. Based on measurements and calculations, the univerae is eaither infinite or really REALLY big. A good way to put it is that, standing on the Earth, it looks flat. But obviously it is a giant ball, we just can't see it. There's a type of curvature in the universe that hints at its shape and size. From our best measurements its flat which means its infinite. But the other possibility is that it is very big and as such it only SEEMS flat. With better measurements we could continue to look but there will always be a margin of error. Just a 0.0000000000000000001 error on the curvature means that there is still that possibility that the curviture is actually there, just too small too small to detect. Thus, if the curvature is too small to measure, the universe could be RIDICULOUSLY big but not infinite. The closer to 0 curvature it gets, it actually approaches infinity (since "flat" in this case means infinite). However, another issue with this curvature is that there are many things it could mean. A "saddle" shaped, plane universe would be infinite and curved. That's just one example of many shapes which could be curved and only some are "spheres" in the sense that it is finite. Btw, there are other shapes it could be where its finite but physical size would be different because of the shape, ie a donut/ toroid, or possibly higher dimensional shapes. So the curvature can give us a lower bond on the size but we can't say for sure what shape or size it is. The actual numbers: if its a "sphere", the lower bound is 50x the radius of the observable universe. Now because this is a 4th dimensional "sphere", there's no edge or center so the radius just allows you to get the sense of the volume. If its a donut, the size could be comparable to the size of our observable universe. This means that some of the galaxies we see are actually double images. We could possibly see the Milky Way even, but it'd be much younger and different looking. This is all pretty abstract stuff. Just thought you and some readers might find interesting!
Wow that is pretty interesting! I've never been able to wrap my head around a donut universe. Surely if that was the case, it would be a loop in a fourth dimension or something, because it's not like the universe is contained within a donut? It is pretty abstract, but I find these theories fascinating!
Thanks Alex, so nice to meet the guy behind one of my favourite channels :-) I was also wondering about your accent and now that you mentioned it, the Welsh is recognisable. You have made such a great channel and I have always (really always, you have no duds) enjoyed watching and learning what you have to offer. Please keep on going, I will show this to my little daughter (Isabella is 1.45 years old) just as soon as she asks about stars, the moon, the sun or whatever (she is currently into dinosaurs so you may have to wait). All the best and congrats on 100k subscribers! Micah.
Greetings stateside from Nampa, Idaho! Congrats on 100,000 subs, Alex. I've learned more about space from you, Anton Petrov and Neil deGrasse Tyson than anyone else in all my 37 years on this big beautiful ball we call Earth. Keep up the good work, man.
I LOVE YOUR CONTENT ALEX!!! I feel similarly about going on youtube and searching for space related content and finding fluffy discovery channel stylings with more CGI than the third matrix and AVP.. I have been watching your channel non-stop lol. Personally I want to watch more content about earth as well, a bit about its origins, some mind-blowing features on land and in water, etc. Your content is the most honorable!!
Congratulations on the 100k. Your channel is informative, cool, and so enjoyable ... thank you so much. Soon you'll be hitting the 500k and beyond I'm pretty sure ...
Moved into a new apartment last night on Kagoshima, Japan. Began unpacking and stuck on the latest video of the Spirit Rover series. Went and rewatched the entire Opportunity Rover series as I unpacked. It turned what was to be an evening of utter frustration into an evening of pure relaxation. I originally moved to Japan 3 years ago when this channel was only at 100,000. It has been a constant companion for me in that time. It's an incredible testament to your work and quality that it's increased over 10 fold on 3 years. To give my own answer to which planet or moon I would visit; Mars would possibly be up there as I remember the launch of Spirit and Opportunity and followed them since I was 14 as they were launched. .. it's always held my imagination, and The Martian is one of my favourite sci-fi books. But, I think Pluto is the place I would visit. Pluto is just so far away and remote and was shrouded in mystery for years until the flyby by New Horizons in 2015. I waited for 9 years for those images after NH was launched. Pluto was far more beautiful than I had imagined it would be. It still holds so much mystery and wonder that I would love to visit and explore it.
Hey Alex! Congrats once again for reaching 100,000 subs. Don't worry about the subscriptions, I love your videos, you have great potential, just keep going. This channel is so underrated, I'll make sure to spread it from my part. Cheers mate. :D
Keep ‘em coming Alex! Love your channel. You have a really good balance the way you present the information. Not too general and not too complicated either. Combine that with your smooth voiceover and the great production of your videos. I also don’t like all the fluff around commercial documentaries. You got it right, straight to the point. Looking forward to more of your awesome videos.
Hi Alex, love your work, I subscribed only a few days ago but I’ve seen all your vids in that time! I have a request/challenge for a topic for you.... It’s pretty hard to see/easy to forget what NASA/ESA (or similar institute) has going on. What are your top 20 missions that they have pencilled in over the next few decades and what are they trying to discover? Basically a summary of what people are to expect in their lifetime. What is the hope that these missions lead to? Keep up your hard, professional work on easily the most interesting channel on RU-vid Richard
