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Our latest Astrum video dives into the Local Hot Bubble - a giant region of superheated plasma our solar system is charging through right now: https://youtu.be/fKPo5q-u-s8

For this episode, we worked with editor and animator Stefan Payne-Wardenaar (known for his scientific animations with ESO), who created bespoke animations that give this video a fresh visual style. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the video, so please let us know in the comments!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2,003

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🌎 Earth has giant circles visible from SPACE! 🌎

In our latest Astrum Earth video, we’re exploring the mysterious circular structures spotted on Google Earth: https://youtu.be/Ts9n9J7dl4w

How did these features form? Are they a mere coincidence, or part of a much grander, unexplained pattern? Join us as we investigate the science behind these magnificent rings, decoding what they reveal about Earth's turbulent past, lost civilisations, and the powerful events that have shaped our world.

#AstrumEarth #GiantCircles #AsSeenOnGoogleEarth

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1,075

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🌎 NEW ASTRUM EARTH VIDEO 🌎
Click this link to watch Astrum Earth’s newest video exploring Earth's Deep Biome: https://youtu.be/RoDvSSmUqzI

As we have reached further into the depths of our planet with boreholes, mines and submersibles, we have been met with the strangest, most extreme, and largest habitat on Earth.

But how do you survive down here? What creatures have dared to stray so far from the light of day? And what can this new frontier teach us about our planet... and others?

#AstrumEarth #DeepBiome #AlienWorld

1 month ago | [YT] | 926

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I just wanted to share this, as I thought it was super cool!

The University of Maryland just released these incredible images from NASA’s DART mission, showing the moment DART impacted the asteroid moon Dimorphos. The images were captured by the LICIACube spacecraft, and you can see the main asteroid Didymos moving across the frame from upper left to upper right as LICIACube flies by.

The impact on Dimorphos created an epic plume of dust and rocks, shooting out in this asymmetric cone pattern full of filaments and streams of material. Scientists think DART hit a rocky surface covered in large boulders, which got shattered and blasted out in directions they didn’t expect.

What’s really striking is how this mission shows just how complicated asteroid deflection actually is in practice. We’re making progress, but there’s clearly still a lot we need to learn about how these impacts work, if we want to use this method for planetary defense.

If you’re interested in finding out more about DART, check out this Astrum supercut we made about the mission: https://youtu.be/21YXb0bnY4E

Link to article: cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/massive-boulders-eje…

1 month ago | [YT] | 3,885

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🐝 NEW ASTRUM EARTH VIDEO 🐝

In Astrum Earth’s latest video, we’re exploring Superorganisms - https://youtu.be/trOTfM6d3gQ

​​Evolution is survival of the fittest... or is it? We're exploring a bizarre life form where thousands of individuals act as one, sacrificing everything for the group, blurring the line between individuals.

Is this the pinnacle of evolution?

#AstrumEarth #Superorganisms #HiveMind

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,025

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🌊 NEW ASTRUM EARTH VIDEO 🌊
Click this link now to watch Astrum Earth’s newest video, exploring a deep sea phenomenon that should not exist: https://youtu.be/FA_WgI3QHG0

In 2020, a submersible from the Ocean-Xplorer research ship found something incredible lurking on the ocean floor. Among the deep sea tube worms, smoking hydrothermal vents, and salt-encrusted crabs, was an undisturbed, underwater... lake.

Ready to dive into Earth's most mysterious waters?

#AstrumEarth #DeepSea #Exploration

2 months ago | [YT] | 683

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I saw this today and rapidly exhaled air. A simple guide to know the difference...

2 months ago | [YT] | 6,513

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Here's a sneak peak of what's inside this week's edition...
🔭 Infant planets caught mid-formation by Webb
🌌 4,000-colour portrait reveals galaxy Sculptor’s secrets
🌎 Earth's magnetic field linked to oxygen levels
🎬 Cosmic Dawn reveals Webb’s risky road to orbit
💥 Black hole jets blaze with power of 10 trillion suns

2 months ago | [YT] | 263

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🌎 NEW ASTRUM EARTH VIDEO 🌎
Check out Astrum Earth’s newest video exploring our planet’s lost continents: https://youtu.be/BfcGKV0OKoM

Earth’s ancient continents have gone missing. For decades, scientists have been on a quest to unearth these lost lands, but how do we go about finding them? What makes a continent “lost” in the first place? And once found, what can lost continents teach us about our planet’s past, present, and future?

Head over to Astrum Earth to find out.

#AstrumEarth #Geology #LostContinents

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