At the deepest level, you are a cosmic miracle. Your body is made up of about 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms each one forged in the hearts of ancient stars and supernovae billions of years ago. Every atom in you carbon, oxygen, calcium, iron traveled an epic journey across the universe before coming together to make you. This means you’re not just in the universe you are the universe, expressing itself as a living, breathing human form. The atoms in your body have seen cosmic explosions, danced in nebulae, and helped build worlds before ever becoming a part of you. When you look at your hands, your heart, your very thoughts, you’re witnessing the universe reflecting on itself. It’s a humbling and awe-inspiring thought: we are star-stuff, walking and wondering, living proof that the cosmos itself is alive with possibility. 📸 Credit: Physics and astronomy research, Carl Sagan’s “star stuff” quote, and atomic structure studies.

The Mariana Trench is one incredible place! It’s tucked away in the western Pacific Ocean, not too far from Guam, and it’s actually the deepest spot on our planet. The lowest part of the trench, called Challenger Deep, drops a jaw-dropping 10,916 meters (that’s around 35,760 feet) down below sea level. To give you some perspective, it's roughly 2,500 kilometers from Manila in the Philippines and about 200 kilometers to the southwest of Guam. The trench came to life because the Pacific Plate basically dove underneath the Mariana Plate. It’s part of a cool geological area known as the Ring of Fire, and what’s wild is that it’s one of the least explored spots on Earth. The crazy depth and insane pressure down there make it really tough for anyone to check it out, but this place has so much to teach us about the Earth's geology and the mysterious ecosystems that thrive deep in the sea! #deepocean #ocean #deepest

The Mariana Trench is one incredible place! It’s tucked away in the western Pacific Ocean, not too far from Guam, and it’s actually the deepest spot on our planet. The lowest part of the trench, called Challenger Deep, drops a jaw-dropping 10,916 meters (that’s around 35,760 feet) down below sea level. To give you some perspective, it's roughly 2,500 kilometers from Manila in the Philippines and about 200 kilometers to the southwest of Guam. The trench came to life because the Pacific Plate basically dove underneath the Mariana Plate. It’s part of a cool geological area known as the Ring of Fire, and what’s wild is that it’s one of the least explored spots on Earth. The crazy depth and insane pressure down there make it really tough for anyone to check it out, but this place has so much to teach us about the Earth's geology and the mysterious ecosystems that thrive deep in the sea! #deepocean #mystery #Mariana

The Universe Comes Into Focus: Vera Rubin Telescope Reveals Millions of Hidden Galaxies in First Images In a breathtaking debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory the largest astronomical survey telescope ever constructed has delivered its first full-sky images, and they are nothing short of extraordinary. Capturing a dazzling expanse of deep space in unprecedented detail, the observatory’s initial snapshots unveiled millions of previously unseen galaxies, stretching the boundaries of what we know about the cosmos. From spiral galaxies in mid-rotation to faint, ghostly clusters glowing on the edge of visibility, the images open a new window into the large-scale structure of the universe. What makes the Vera Rubin Telescope unique is its 8.4-meter mirror and revolutionary 3.2-gigapixel camera the most powerful digital camera ever built for astronomy. Its mission is bold: map the southern sky every few nights for ten years, creating a dynamic, time-lapse survey of the changing night sky. With this capability, scientists expect to uncover everything from near-Earth asteroids and supernovae to signs of dark matter and the subtle movements of stars. This first image teeming with bright points of light and dramatic galactic interactions—represents only a sliver of what’s to come. These first observations aren’t just beautiful they’re transformative. The data will serve as a cosmic census, helping astronomers chart the universe's history and better understand the invisible forces shaping its future. The Vera Rubin Observatory stands not only as a tribute to its pioneering namesake but as a game-changer in our quest to comprehend the universe’s deepest mysteries. What makes the Vera Rubin Telescope unique is its 8.4-meter mirror and revolutionary 3.2-gigapixel camera—the most powerful digital camera ever built for astronomy. Its mission is bold: map the southern sky every few nights for ten years, creating a dynamic, time-lapse survey of the changing night sky. With this capability, scientists expect to uncover everything from near-Earth asteroids and supernovae to signs of dark matter and the subtle movements of stars. This first image teeming with bright points of light and dramatic galactic interactions—represents only a sliver of what’s to come. #RubinObservatory #verarubintelescope #spacephotography #spaceexploration

Deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean hides a place so extreme, so mysterious, it makes science fiction look tame. The Mariana Trench is the deepest known point on Earth, a hostile abyss where the pressure can crush submarines, sunlight never reaches, and alien-like creatures shimmer in the dark. It is one of the last true frontiers of our planet remote, unexplored, and absolutely mind-bending. At its deepest point, known as Challenger Deep, the trench plunges nearly 11,000 meters below sea level. To put that into perspective, if you placed Mount Everest at the bottom, its peak would still be submerged by over a mile of water. The pressure at this depth exceeds 1,000 times the pressure at sea level. That’s equivalent to being crushed by 50 jumbo jets stacked on top of you. Human survival there is impossible without highly specialised submersibles built to withstand the immense force. Despite these extreme conditions, life finds a way. Scientists have discovered microbes that thrive in this high-pressure environment, with some even capable of surviving conditions that would liquefy steel. Bioluminescent organisms flicker like underwater stars, casting an eerie glow in the pitch-black water. These strange life forms have evolved in total isolation, offering clues about the limits of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere in the universe. Less than 5% of the Mariana Trench has been explored, yet it continues to astonish scientists. In 2019, a plastic bag was found at a depth of 10,898 meters, revealing that human impact has reached even the most inaccessible corners of the planet. The trench is also part of the geologically active Ring of Fire, where the Pacific Plate slides beneath the Mariana Plate, forming this vast underwater scar. Only three crewed missions have ever reached Challenger Deep. That’s fewer than the number of humans who’ve walked on the Moon. The trench remains one of Earth's most elusive and extreme locations, holding secrets that may take decades to fully uncover. For more journeys into Earth’s hidden realms and science’s greatest mysteries, follow Minds Canvas and join us as we dive deeper into the unknown. #MarianaTrench #DeepSeaMysteries #ChallengerDeep #OceanFacts #EarthScience #Everst

The Ocean Is Deeper Than You Think. We Need Better Maps.Why deep sea maps are SO BAD (and how to fix it)... Subscribe for more optimistic science and tech stories. Our maps of the ocean are surprisingly bad! On Google Maps it looks like we know so much… but we know less about the ocean floor than we do the surface of Mars. And that’s a big problem, because we are using the ocean all the time: We’re laying internet cables across it, we fight wars in it, we search it during a crisis - like the imploded OceanGate Titan submersible or the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. 71% of the surface of the Earth is water! And yet we have a surprisingly limited view of what’s below it. But that’s also understandable. Because cartographically speaking, water sucks. For Mars or Earth’s surface, we can take pictures. But light doesn’t get to the ocean floor, so we need other ways to see it. The good news is, we’re developing that tech right now, and an international group called Seabed 2030 is working to piece together a better map. There is a terrifying, incredible, alien world on our own planet, and we’re FINALLY using technology to see it more clearly. In this episode of Huge If True, I dive deep - with help from my friend and fellow video journalist ‪@johnnyharris‬ to show you how we’re mapping the ocean, the surprising things we’ve discovered in the depths, and why this new technology could be… huge if true :) Chapters: 00:00 How bad are our ocean maps? 01:40 How deep is the ocean? 03:05 What is the deepest part of the ocean? 04:04 The craziest method to map the ocean 06:20 How does sonar work? 07:31 What did the first ocean maps look like? 09:30 How do we map the ocean now? 10:30 What is Seabed 2030? 11:40 How do we use underwater robots? 12:27 Concerns with mapping the deep ocean 13:11 Why deep ocean mapping is huge if true