Kosmos Prosto

What it is

Kosmos Prosto ("Space, Simply") is the TikTok account of Andrey Kuznetsov, who runs a YouTube channel of the same name about astronomy. The profile says as much. The TikTok is the short version: one image or one clip from space, plus a calm explanation of what you're actually looking at. It has close to 290,000 followers and posts regularly; the latest videos we saw went up in early October 2026.

We went through the recent uploads. There is footage of the aurora seen from above, showing the whole auroral oval around the pole, even on the day side of the planet. There's a series of Earth images taken at roughly the same time of day on the solstices and equinoxes, which makes the change in lighting across the seasons easy to see. Elsewhere you'll find a Starlink satellite's view of Starship during a test flight, the Psyche probe flying past Mars, footage from the surface of asteroid Ryugu shot by the small rovers of Hayabusa2, and Earth rotating as seen by the DSCOVR satellite from about 1.5 million kilometers away. There's also a simple "let's look at the Moon through a telescope" clip.

Why we picked it

Space content in short-video form often turns into "shocking facts" set to ominous music. This is the opposite. Kuznetsov takes real mission imagery and tells you where it comes from, how far away it was shot and why the picture looks the way it does. The captions read like small notes: which spacecraft, when it flew, what's in frame.

We like that the account doesn't chase shock value. When needed, it handles myths with the same calm; there's a clip on why Earth isn't flat, with a dry remark that someone apparently still needs convincing. And everything stays at about a minute, easy to watch on a bus or in a queue.

Where to start

• The "ring of auroras" clip, showing the auroral oval from orbit.
• The solstice and equinox series of Earth images, a neat visual lesson on seasons.
• The footage from asteroid Ryugu, filmed by the Japanese probe's rovers.
• Earth's rotation as seen by DSCOVR from a Lagrange point.
• If you want more depth, the long-form episodes live on the Kosmos Prosto YouTube channel; one recent clip points to a new episode on magnetars.

Who it's for

Russian speakers who like looking up but don't follow every mission. Learners of Russian who want real science vocabulary in short doses. Parents and students looking for a way into astronomy through actual images. Anyone tired of space clickbait who wants short, accurate explanations.

Quick answers

Who runs it? Andrey Kuznetsov, creator of the Kosmos Prosto astronomy channel on YouTube.

What language is it in? Russian, both the captions and the voiceover explanations.

Do I need to know astronomy? No. The clips are made for people who simply enjoy good space images and want to understand them.