The Universe is packed with worlds where sunsets don’t just fade into night, they bend the rules of physics. From double sunsets to glowing ice and strobing pulsars...
No, that’s not Photoshop. That’s an actual video from the International Space Station of the Moon looking a bit squished. Wow, so what happened here? Is the...
Did you know that you ladies spend about 2,300 days of your life menstruating? That amounts to about 10,400 tampons or pads, over 5,000 pills for your cramps, and about...
Forget the idea of a flat Earth and imagine instead an Earth shaped like a giant slice of pizza. At first glance, it might seem amusing and even delicious to picture...
Get ready for a subaquatic smackdown! It’s Megalodon VS Mosasaurus. One underwater arena. Two apex predators enter. One leaves. Both of these deep-sea divas reigned...
It’s a small world after all, because today, we’re shrinking Earth to the size of Pluto. But if our planet was this tiny, how would it alter the atmosphere...
The Centers for Disease Control claims that 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. Unnecessary antibiotics cause the body to build up a resistance to those...
For millions of people, cats are loving companions that bring comfort and joy. But behind those soft paws and playful claws, there can be a hidden danger. A simple...
If modern snakes already make your skin crawl, you should be thankful you never had to share the planet with their prehistoric ancestors. Millions of years ago, Earth...
What would happen if you took the most energetic light source in the Universe and smashed it into a massive gravitational monster? Well, you might reverse the flow of...
The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn suddenly were on a collision course, which of the...
Contrary to what some people think, the Earth isn’t the center of the Universe. But what if it was? What if those medieval astronomers were right, and everything...
What’s shiny, liquid, conducts electricity and is also the surname of a legendary rock star? You guessed it, mercury. This naturally occurring element has a lot of...
In the fall of 2011, the quiet town of Zanesville, Ohio, was thrown into chaos by an event so extreme it stunned the entire United States. What began as an ordinary...
Earth never stops moving. Right now, as you read this, the planet beneath your feet is spinning at incredible speed. At the equator, you are traveling through space at...
How far into the periodic table could you get? Would you be breaking any laws? At what point would your periodic table start killing you? If you’re willing to...
What if you could time-travel a hundred years from now. How would the planet look like? Would human beings still be in the picture? Only in the past year, our...
Technically speaking, this marine reptile wasn’t a dinosaur, although it sure swam the Earth alongside many of them. Styxosaurus lived 70 to 85 million years ago, in the...
The Sun produces more energy in a single second than humanity has used throughout its entire history. Every day, it releases an unimaginable amount of power, but most of...
You are driving alone through a quiet countryside road at dusk when something strange appears in the sky. A sudden white light floods your vision. The car trembles. Your...
