Astronium

Astronium is a rare resource in Astroneer. Nodes of Astronium are multi-colored, but when gathering they turn into pink orbs.

Source
Astronium can be found underground near the cores of all planets.

Once you find an Astronium deposit, you can gather some with your Terrain Tool, however, a Drill Head is required to mine out the entire deposit.

Uses
Astronium can be researched for 1000 bytes, but currently has no use in crafting.

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