Some places in the Solar System have some pretty expensive rain falling on their surface. Let’s see if we could bring those home. What would it take for Earth to...
Get your bone flute and gather around the fire. Today on What If, we’re taking you back to the time of woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. That’s right...
There are some things you just can’t live without. Like gravity, oxygen, the Sun’s warmth. And we’re about to take those vital things away from you...
Space has lots of different things in it. Planets, nebulas, asteroids, the list goes on. So what would happen if we got rid of a single planet? Specifically, our largest...
We can build really big things in space. Okay, not that big – yet. But we’ve packed the Earth’s lower orbit with about 5,000 satellites – some...
On the waters of the Amazon, an ancient world flows below your feet. But make a wrong move, and part of this world may end up inside you. Better get out of the water...
Welcome to one of the most restricted countries in the world. North Korea is often described by analysts and defectors as a tightly controlled state where everyday life...
Paul Hayward’s story does not begin in a prison cell or under chains. It begins in a normal life that slowly gets pulled off course by loyalty, pressure, and bad company...
Imagine standing in your kitchen, unable to decide what to eat. Should you pour a cup of coffee or make a sandwich? In everyday life, you eventually choose one option...
There have been 108 billion Homo sapiens born on Earth. But you are the very last one. With no other babies being born after you, you would be the end of the human race...
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A Planet Hit Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago, and Its Remains Could Be Buried Deep Below Us
Billions of years ago, another planet smashed into Earth. An event of this epicness could have created our Moon. It also could have brought alien life to our planet...
Would you drink water that was extracted from the Moon? With NASA’s recent discovery of water on the Moon’s surface, it might become a more common practice...
Life on Earth is far more resilient than it first appears. From scorching deserts to freezing oceans, and even places touched by radiation or near total isolation...
Our Moon quietly shapes life on Earth, from stabilizing our climate to driving ocean tides and lighting the night sky. But what if we swapped it for other moons from...
Ever wondered what it would actually mean to enter life on another world? Not as an astronaut visiting briefly, but as someone who takes their very first breath...
The most deadly predator of the sea spent its days conquering and terrorizing every creature in sight. This is the megalodon. It lived millions of years ago, but imagine...
The night is dark and stormy at the beach. A crowd prays to the thunder in the skies. All hail the god of chaos, who sleeps no more. Cthulhu, the great, green, bringer...
What if humanity could no longer live on Earth? Perhaps a catastrophic event forced us to find a new home among the stars. Mars often comes to mind as a close option but...
Let’s be honest, we are pushing our planet to a climate change catastrophe. But there could be a solution. 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water...
They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We...
