What If We Nuked the Sun?

Humanity’s nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying all life on Earth. Over. And over. And over. Maybe it’s time we dumped it far away. We might want to inhabit...

How to Survive a Rocket Explosion

There are few situations more terrifying than the idea of being inside a spacecraft when something goes wrong. Space is already an unforgiving environment, but a rocket...

What If We Extinguished the Sun?

How much water would you need to extinguish the Sun? How would we deliver such an enormous amount of water anyway? Would all that water even make it to the star...

What If the Sun Was a Blue Star?

Billions of years in the future, the Sun will begin to die. And this is what our planet would look like. But what if we turn things up a notch or two right now...