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Six new explainers range from mysterious cosmic objects to quieter supersonic flight and the color of zombies.
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What Is That Red Dot?
A glowing ball in deep space doesn't look like the flat, bright disk usually associated with a feeding black hole. In "What Is That Red Dot?", Cleo Abram explains a proposed answer: a supermassive black hole feeding inside an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas.
She calls the proposed object a "black hole star," keeping the explanation framed as scientists' theory rather than a settled identification. The Short is the most watched of her six new uploads, reaching roughly 2.2 million views. Viewers have their own naming committee: several suggest a Soundgarden reference, while others imagine aliens wielding laser pointers.
Space supplied much of the week's curiosity. "We're Missing the Best Place to Find Aliens" asks whether the search for life should consider liquids other than water, and "Guess How Far The Sun Is" turns planetary scale into a guessing game. Closer to Earth, "This Plane Is Bringing Supersonic BACK" explores how a sonic boom might avoid reaching the ground.
The newest arrival, "Why Are Zombies Green?", currently has the strongest daily viewing pace on the channel, followed by the red-dot and alien-search explainers. That fresh burst sits within a slower overall daily pace than Cleo's usual, though the channel added about 20,000 subscribers over the week.
Among the science channels here, Cleo recorded the largest weekly view gain. SciShow and Be Smart are enjoying above-usual daily viewing, while NileRed and SmarterEveryDay are quieter than their normal pace. Cleo's own milestone-themed upload gives the subscriber count a suitably astronomical treatment: "We Just Need ONE More Subscriber for 9M!" asks which planet that many people could wrap around.
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What viewers say
Actually just aliens with laser pointers pranking us
@OatMyMilkSee it on YouTubeOh, it's probably just the galaxy-consuming mega monster we'll have to defeat in our interstellar travel phase. Don't worry about it.
@N416-c5bSee it on YouTubeSeems like a lost opportunity to just reference Soundgarden and call it a Black Hole Sun instead of a Black Hole Star
@georgebc3See it on YouTube
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Supermassive black hole is a great song
@Tom.McCarthySee it on YouTubeSauron is making a come back
@AMAli-ct5dfSee it on YouTube"Um hi" mythical start
@Akshit-s5q5uSee it on YouTube“Um, hi”
Hello to you too Cleo…@JimmyJonLXXXVII-BSee it on YouTubeSimple. That is a warp storm
@Koolio-w7nSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Cleo Abram right now
We’re Missing the Best Place to Find Aliens1,391,224 views · 2026-10-24
Guess How Far The Sun Is746,423 views · 2026-10-27
This Plane Is Bringing Supersonic BACK348,364 views · 2026-10-26
We Just Need ONE More Subscriber for 9M!308,218 views · 2026-10-28
Why Are Zombies Green?306,158 views · 2026-10-29
- Channel
- Cleo Abram
- Subscribers
- 8,920,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 18,152,983
- Videos published this week
- 6
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 2,201,023
- Views on its first day
- 606,492
The numbers
Here is how Cleo Abram's audience and videos moved over the week.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which aircraft, mentioned in Cleo's supersonic explainer, once carried passengers between New York and London?
Cleo's description recalls Concorde's roughly three-and-a-half-hour New York-London journey.