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      Earth

      What If Russia Launched a Nuke?

      April 5, 2022
      Cosmos

      What If You Had to Find Baby Yoda?

      December 16, 2019
      Cosmos

      What If You Traveled Through a Black Hole?

      December 2, 2022
      Earth

      What If The Oceans Boiled Away?

      October 19, 2022
      Earth

      What If Earth Was Half Land and Half Water?

      September 14, 2022
      MSN New

      What Our Planet Would Become If the Moon Disappeared Overnight?

      Imagine waking up one night and realizing the Moon is simply gone. No warning, no impact, no trace. Just an empty sky where Earth’s closest companion used to be. At...

      Earth, MSN New

      6 Terrifying Prehistoric Monsters You Didn’t Know Existed

      Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous...

      Science

      What If the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collided?

      This galactic collision might be more impactful than you think.

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Was the Only Planet in the Solar System?

      Imagine never being able to dream of landing on Mars or traveling to Saturn. Not because it’s impossible to get there, but because they didn’t exist. Because...

      MSN New

      The Forgotten Map That Historians Say Turned California Into an Island

      For more than 200 years, one of the world’s most famous maps showed something that was completely wrong. It placed California not as part of the North American...

      HTS MSN

      Why the Bull Ant Is the Most Dangerous Ant on Earth

      You feel something bite into your skin. A sharp pain shoots through your body as you look down and see a powerful insect locked onto you. But the bite is only the...

      MSN New

      What If Earth Were Located Near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center?

      See that strip of stars splashed across the night sky? That’s our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You can see it from Earth because we live on its very outskirts, far...

      MSN New, Humanity

      How Would Humanity Look Today Without the Spanish Flu Pandemic?

      In 1918, the world was at war. While soldiers fought each other on the frontlines, an even greater threat emerged, the Spanish flu. Between 50 to 100 million people died...

      HTS MSN

      Why the Cassowary Is Called the World’s Deadliest Bird

      If you ever find yourself deep in a rainforest and hear something heavy moving through the trees, you might want to stop and listen carefully. Because what is...

      MSN New, Earth

      What if You Could See Air Pollution?

      Don’t you just love fresh air? And feeling healthy? If only that were possible. That deep, relaxing breath you thought you just took, is full of microscopic...

      MSN New

      Nature’s Weirdest Creations: 10 Animals That Look Completely Unreal

      From deep oceans to hidden rainforests and underground tunnels, nature has created some of the strangest creatures ever discovered. At first glance, many of these...

      Science

      What If Our Sun Became a Neutron Star?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Stars with a much larger mass than our Sun burn out after just a few million years; in a gigantic explosion known as...

      Humanity

      What If We Ran Out of Toilet Paper?

      People are fighting over it in grocery stores all around North America. Some are selling it to make an immense profit. No, this isn’t the scene of some crazy...

      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...

      HTS MSN

      How to Make It Out Alive When a Hot Air Balloon Starts to Fall

      Hot air balloons have fascinated people for centuries. The first successful manned hot air balloon flight took place in France in 1783, when the Montgolfier brothers...

      MSN New

      Bear Attack: Your Chances of Survival Explained

      A peaceful hike through the wilderness can quickly turn into a nightmare if you encounter one of nature’s most powerful predators. Bears are among the largest land...

      Earth

      What If We Set Aside Half the Planet for Wildlife?

      About 65 million years ago, a mass extinction event occurred, wiping out more than 75% of all species on Earth. There have only been 5 mass extinctions in our...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If the Moon Was a Giant Disc?

      In 2010 an astronaut on the ISS observed a bizarre phenomenon. When he glanced out the window, he saw the Moon looked flattened when it appeared in the thickest part of...

      MSN New

      What If You Spent 5 Seconds in the Mariana Trench?

      The Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of the world’s oceans, located in the western Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands. At its lowest point, the Challenger...

      Cosmos

      What If a Dark Hydrogen Iceberg Fell to Earth?

      A mysterious interstellar object is on a collision course with Earth. And scientists don’t know what it is. What could this new astrophysical object be? Where did it...

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