What If Show

  • Home
  • Cosmos
  • Earth
  • Humanity
  • Survival
  • Philosophy
  • What If Kids
  • Map View
  • Solar View
  • BOOK
  • ···
    What If Show
    • Home
    • Cosmos
    • Earth
    • Humanity
    • Survival
    • Philosophy
    • What If Kids
    • Map View
    • Solar View
    • BOOK
    • ···
      What If Show
      • Home
      • Cosmos
      • Earth
      • Humanity
      • Survival
      • Philosophy
      • What If Kids
      • Map View
      • Solar View
      • BOOK
      Science

      What If There Were Ads in Space?

      February 22, 2019
      Earth

      What If These 5 Things Disappeared for 5 Seconds?

      December 22, 2021
      Science

      What If We’re Living in a Computer Simulation?

      December 1, 2018
      Body

      What If You Ate Mold?

      July 28, 2019
      Cosmos

      What If the Sun Swallowed Earth?

      December 16, 2020
      Earth

      What If Oxygen Doubled in Earth’s Atmosphere?

      Take a deep breath. We take 23,000 breaths a day; trying to get oxygen to our brain and cells. Oxygen is essential to our survival. But it’s a only small...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      What If a Solar Storm Hit Earth in 2026?

      Imagine the Sun releasing a burst of energy so powerful it could knock out power grids, stop airplanes mid flight, and push our world back into the dark ages. This is...

      MSN New

      Scientists Think Seawater Could Power the Future. What If They’re Right?

      Seawater is salty, undrinkable, and a potential source of planet-saving fuel. Hold up. Fuel? Yes, that’s right. We have the technology to convert seawater into liquid...

      Earth

      What If the Earth Was Always Facing the Sun?

      A scorching hot never-ending day on one side and a permanent frozen night on the other. This is what our planet would be like if it was tidally locked to the Sun. How...

      Earth, MSN New

      Imagine If Styxosaurus Was Alive?

      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...

      Earth

      What If All Antarctica’s Ice Suddenly Melted?

      Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies one of the planet’s greatest mysteries. What would happen if every last piece of ice on the southern continent suddenly...

      Cosmos

      What If Everything We Knew About Black Holes Was Wrong?

      Black holes are dense and scary. They suck up everything in their way. Their gravity is so strong it bends light and warps time. But what if I told you we might have...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Great Attractor Is One of the Universe’s Biggest Mysteries. What If It Swallowed Us?

      These balls represent one of the strangest phenomena currently taking place in our Universe. Each ball symbolizes one of 100,000 galaxies , including our own that are...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Scientists Discovered the Bermuda Triangle of Space

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Deep above the South Atlantic Ocean, there is a region of space that has puzzled scientists and space agencies for decades. In this zone...

      MSN New

      The Ultimate Mimic in the Animal Kingdom

      In the dense forests of Australia lives one of the most extraordinary sound imitators in the animal kingdom, a bird capable of copying almost any noise it hears with...

      Humanity, MSN New

      Nicolas Maduro Among the Top 8 Most Dangerous Leaders Today

      Number 1: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President has been one of the leading dangerous figures globally for some time now. Putin has shown he’s not afraid to go...

      MSN New

      What If Humanity Began Mining Asteroids?

      Space is full of treasures. Literally. If we were able to extract the resources from the rocks in the asteroid belt alone, we could give $100 billion to every person on...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If Trump and Putin Invaded Europe?

      This war didn’t come out of nowhere. The signs were hiding in plain sight. Trump slams Europe with devastating tariffs, crippling economies across the continent...

      DailyMoment, Earth, MSN, MSN New

      What If Earth’s Oceans Turned Into Freshwater?

      On Earth Day, we’re reminded just how delicate and interconnected our planet’s systems really are. From the air we breathe to the water we drink, even the smallest...

      Science

      What If Companies Had to Pay to Pollute the Planet?

      Since 1988, 71% of all the world’s carbon emissions have been produced by just 100 companies. Their operations are largely to blame for the climate crisis we now...

      Science

      What If the Earth Collided With Another Planet?

      About 50 billion rogue planets are roaming the Milky Way with no host star to hold on to, some of them three times bigger than the Earth. They don’t give off any...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What if Humans Tried to Land on Kepler 452 b?

      Humanity has long imagined leaving Earth and establishing a second home among the stars. The idea of a backup planet is no longer confined to science fiction, especially...

      Earth

      What If We Could Refreeze the Arctic?

      The Arctic might soon become completely ice-free. And when all of the ice is gone, the world won’t be the same. But what if I told you there was a way to prevent...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Were Sucked Into a Black Hole?

      Could a black hole devour us all one day? There are millions of them out there just waiting. And if we happened to make a black hole accidentally, well, you better...

      Science

      What If Time Travel Was Possible?

      What advice would you give your younger self if you could travel back in time?

      Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 72 Next

      Follow the What If show

      • facebook
      • youtube
      • snapchat
      • instagram

      Popular What Ifs

      Earth

      What If Russia Launched a Nuke?

      Earth

      What If We Discovered Earth 2.0?

      MSN New, Earth

      What If Antarctica Were a Rainforest?

      Earth

      What If You Fell Into a Pool of Jellyfish?

      Earth

      What If We Powered the Planet With Lightning?

      • Book-sidebar-promo-retina.jpg

      Underknown

      Making science accessible on social media since 2017. Find out more

      Contact
      Advertise
      Licensing
      Newsletter
      Privacy Policy
      Cookie Policy
      Terms of Service
      Our Production Process

      About

      What If is presented by Underknown, a production company creating a variety of short-doc series that search for the underlying truth of how our world operates and how it came to be. Our shows take you to the frontiers of science and make the most complex ideas and theories entertaining and accessible.

      Popular What Ifs

      What If We Had Two Suns?

      What If We Are Not the First Advanced Civilization on Earth?

      What If You Fell Through the Earth?

      Topics

      • Body236
      • Cosmos357
      • Earth405
      • Humanity222
      • Technology46

      Copyright © 2026 Underknown, Backyard Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.