For centuries, explorers dreamed of finding a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic. Hidden among the islands of northern Canada, the...
Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...
“Stay Where You Are” The Order That Trapped Hundreds Aboard the Sinking Ferry, Then 304 People Died
For Jang Ae-Jin and her classmates, the trip was supposed to be a celebration of their final years of high school. They were traveling by ferry to Jeju Island for a long...
This is one of the most beautiful tropical islands on Earth, but the view comes at a high price. You’d have to deal with giant riptides, hungry great white sharks, and...
As the CEO and founder of Amazon, the multibillion dollar online shopping company, Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. With a current net worth of $270...
The ocean is one of the least explored places on Earth, yet it is home to some of the most incredible life forms ever discovered. From deep sea predators to massive...
It’s June 10, 1990, and after an hour delay, British Airways Flight 5390 is finally about to take off. Captain Timothy Lancaster, co pilot Alastair Aitchison, four...
At first, it doesn’t look dangerous. Maybe it’s a self help seminar. A spiritual community. A group that promises happiness, purpose, and a place to belong...
The world you know today would probably feel ancient to someone living 50 years from now. Think about how much life has changed over the past few decades. Smartphones...
The Permian Period, which lasted from about 299 to 252 million years ago, was one of the most fascinating and dangerous times in Earth’s history. It ended with the...
On August 24, 2013, Noah Graham went camping with his girlfriend and four others at Camp Winnibigoshish in Minnesota. The group had set up their tents and were hanging...
In a quiet park near Melbourne, Australia, a normal morning jog turned into a terrifying fight for survival when a massive kangaroo suddenly attacked a woman without...
One billion years into the future, you might imagine a world full of artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and space colonies. Maybe we’ll see the end of...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, a massive world made mostly of hydrogen and helium, with no solid surface to stand on...
A total solar eclipse is one of the most breathtaking spectacles in the universe. While we experience them on Earth roughly every year and a half, these events happen in...
Most people assume that being struck by an intense beam of radiation would be instantly fatal. For Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski, it should have been. Instead, he...
Don’t be fooled by these gentle waves. These still waters hide a 20 million year death match between two prehistoric monsters. Grab some popcorn and a snorkel. You...
First of all, yes, it’s pronounced Enceladus , not enchiladas. Enceladus is Saturn’s sixth largest moon, but it would be better described as a winter...
A sudden reduction in size, shrinking by one centimeter per second, would expose a human to progressively smaller scales of the natural world, from ordinary objects to...
Across the Solar System, there are worlds where volcanoes are far more extreme than anything found on Earth. On Jupiter’s moon Io, enormous volcanic eruptions send...

