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      What If We Knew the Time We Go Extinct?

      October 6, 2019
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      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 2020
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      What If We Nuked an Active Volcano?

      March 11, 2020
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      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      July 19, 2020
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      3I ATLAS Is Older Than Our Sun. Here Is What Happens If It Strikes Earth

      Before our Sun ignited, before Earth was even a cloud of dust, this thing was already out there, drifting between the stars. Its name is 3I Atlas, and right now it is...

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      The Coldest Death in the Solar System. What 5 Seconds on Triton Does to You

      There is a place in our Solar System where stepping outside without a suit kills you twice in the same instant. Your blood starts boiling while your skin starts freezing...

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      The Real Reason Pluto Lost Everything, and It Is Not What You Learned in School

      Ask almost anyone why Pluto stopped being a planet and you will hear the same confident answer: it was too small. That answer is wrong. Size was never the crime. Pluto...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth Against a Black Hole. Scientists Ran the Numbers and They Are Terrifying

      Here it is, completely rewritten around the “scientists ran the numbers” angle, no hyphens or dashes anywhere, images in their original positions, ready to...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Machines Have Spoken. This Is When the First Human Steps on Mars

      Ask a human when we will walk on Mars and you get a dream. Ask the data and you get a date. Feed everything we know into the analysis, current space agency roadmaps...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      SpaceX Hit the Moon, But What Would Happen If We Nuked It?

      When a piece of space debris connected to a SpaceX mission crashed into the Moon, it created a wave of curiosity around what happens when humans leave their mark on the...

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      Two Chimpanzees Escaped the Cage, and Tore Him to Pieces in Front of His Wife

      In 1967, NASCAR driver St. James Davis traveled to Tanzania, Africa, expecting to return home with unforgettable memories from his journey. Instead, he witnessed...

      MSN New, Earth

      How Genetics Is Trying to Revive Lost Species

      For centuries, extinction has been viewed as permanent. Once a species disappeared, it was considered gone forever, surviving only in fossils, museum collections, and...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Days Would Last 580 Hours if the Moon Were Replaced

      Our Moon may seem ordinary, but it quietly keeps Earth stable. It controls the tides, slows our planet’s rotation, and helps maintain the rhythm of life. But what...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Russia Started World War III, Here Is How the World Map Could Change

      Russia is already the largest country on Earth, stretching across Europe and Asia and covering more territory than any other nation. But what if a conflict involving...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      An Astronaut Spent 5 Seconds on Io, Jupiter’s Deadliest Moon

      Imagine stepping onto a moon where almost every direction hides a deadly hazard. That is Io, the fiery satellite orbiting Jupiter. It looks like a glowing world forged...

      MSN New, Earth

      What if Nature Took It All Back?

      Every city, highway, bridge, and skyscraper on Earth tells the same story. Humans have transformed nearly every corner of the planet, shaping landscapes to suit our...

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