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AD FREE | The Unforeseen Consequences of Us Nuking Space

The Reason Why We Stopped Sending Nukes Into Space. Starfish Prime and Operation Fishbowl.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Astrumnaut Pins: Time to Claim Your Pin!

Hello Astrumnauts!

Update to say your pins are coming in the next few weeks

A big thank you to everyone that joined over the last month, and to everyone that's been on this journey with us for many months and years. As mentioned, we're sending out commemorative pins to say thank you for your membership.

If you would like to claim one, please just fill out this form b...

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AD FREE | You Won't Believe What These Astronauts Were Subjected to During Training

The little-known story behind the Zambian Space Program.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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AD FREE | What NASA Unexpectedly Discovered When They Opened the Bennu Sample

Latest findings reveal bennu's origins and could change our understanding of the solar system.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail.
When you think of the space race, you probably imagine the tense Cold War Era battle between the US and the Soviet Union. ...

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AD FREE | Something Baffling Is Pulling Galaxies Towards the Edge of the Universe

We investigate why hundreds of galaxy clusters are rapidly drifting towards a specific point just outside the known universe. 🌎

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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In 2008, hundreds of galaxy clusters were analysed to be drifting towards a section of the edge of the known universe, faster than science could account for. Almost like something beyond that point was… pulling them, or had once pulled them, with a reach that extends across billions of light years. This episode dives into the mystery of Dark Flow What do we know about it? What could be causing it? And what are its controversial ramifications on cosmology?
2024-11-18 10:01:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Join the Astrum Team!

We're working on making more and better content that educates about space, and to do that we'll need an extra member on the team to make it possible.

Since we're pretty sure all of you on Patreon are as passionate about space as we are, we wanted to share this directly here and encourage anyone interested to apply 🙂

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AD FREE | What are we fighting over?

China's ambitious plans to take the global lead in space exploration by 2035.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Astrumnaut Pins!

Hello all you incredible Astrumnauts!

Ever since I released the video about Patreon, I've wanted to find a way to say thank you for all of you that joined to support the channel.

We designed these custom pins and will be shipping them out around the end of the month, fully on us. To get a pin, just make sure you're a member on November 29th, as we'll collect your addresses and send them out around then.

In the meantime, just so that we h...

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With ambitious future plans and rapid technological advancement we take a look at what is to come from China's space program initiatives, in our next episode.  Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback...

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AD FREE | A Bold Mission to Catch Up With Oumuamua - Project Lyra

As Oumuamua leaves our solar system, we explore the reasons for continuing the chase.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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AD FREE | A Once-in-a-Lifetime Cosmic Explosion - the Blaze Star Is About to Go Off

Find out how you can view T. Coronae Borealis, the new visitor in our night sky.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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AD FREE | The Time It Rained For Over a Million Years

How the Carnian Pluvial Event forever change the course of life on Earth, the latest episode in our Earth History series.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Choose your favourite thumbnail!

Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail. In this video we go back 230 million years ago to the arid Pangaea supercontinent. Where a volcano would trigger an exti...

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Choose your favourite thumbnail!

Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail. Get ready to witness The Blaze Star, a once in a life time event! Every 80 years, a new star is visible in the sky all t...

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AD FREE | Why Venus Shouldn't Be Considered Earth's Twin | Our Solar System's Planets

Everything you could want to know about Venus. The next episode in a refresh of the Astrum ‘Our Solar System’ series, updated to reflect all we’ve learned about our planetary neighbourhood in the last few years.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Choose your favourite thumbnail!

Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail. This next video explores what we know about A.I. using satellites to watch the world.

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AD FREE | What Japan Did on the Moon Is Game-Changing

In this next episode we analyse Moon Sniper/SLIM, Japan's recent successful mission to the Moon.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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AD FREE | What La Niña Will do to Earth in 2025

After the extreme weather events and early end to El Nino, what can we expect from La Nina?

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Choose your favourite thumbnail!

Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail. This next video we look at what comes after El Niño, now that it's over.

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AD FREE | Alien is not real, but the truth is still terrifying

Astrum Investigates the Science of the Alien franchise, separating the fact from the fiction.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Choose your favourite thumbnail!

Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail. Next up in our Truth About... series, we look at the science of the Alien Franchise.

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AD FREE | Malicious attack on $5 million dollar telescope. Scientists don’t care.

Shot 7 times, yet the Harlan J Smith telescope at the McDonald Observatory still had 99% functionality. How?!

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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Choose your favourite thumbnail!

Let us know which thumbnail you prefer. We discuss your votes and comments every week in a team meeting. We then test out multiple thumbnails for our videos to see what the subscribers on YouTube like too, we love to get your feedback to help us pick the perfect thumbnail.

 In this next episode we take a look at the McDonald Observatory Shooting.

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AD FREE | The Scandal NASA Wishes Never Happened

We investigate the scandal that was the Apollo 15 Lunar mission.

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We investigate why in 1975 the astronauts of Apollo 15 snuck 400 unauthorized items into their spacesuits and onto the Moon's surface.
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AD FREE | We've Detected Ghost Particles on Earth - What this means for science

How does this underground IceCube Observatory reveal the secrets of distant supernova and blackholes?

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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The Astrum book is back!

The wait is over! After our first successful run 2.5 years ago, where the Astrum book sold out in just 24 hours, it's back! We know many of you missed out last time, so we're doing a special pre-order run to give everyone a fair shot at getting a copy. But don't wait too long—this is a limited run, and pre-orders close on September 8th at midnight. That’s just two weeks!

We've poured a lot of effort into making this happen, and I'm thrilled to finally share this amazing book with e...

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AD FREE | Something's Started Happening in the Clouds of Neptune | Our Solar System's Planets

Everything you could want to know about Neptune. A refresh of the Astrum ‘Our Solar System’ series, updated to reflect all we’ve learned about our planetary neighbourhood in the last few years.

Thank you to all of you, our Patron's, who continue to support Astrum. We couldn't do this without you. With your support, we’re able to create these high-quality, informative, and awe-inspiring videos.

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