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      Earth

      What if Earth Had Rings Like Saturn?

      February 3, 2017
      Body

      What If You Were Swallowed by a Crocodile?

      September 10, 2020
      Earth

      What If the Earth Was a Polyhedron?

      April 11, 2022
      Cosmos

      What If You Built a Tipler Cylinder?

      September 1, 2020
      Body

      What If You Could Walk Through Walls?

      April 30, 2020
      Earth, Cosmos

      Universe’s Evolution in 10 Minutes

      Our Universe was born billions of years ago. And since that time, it’s given birth to millions of galaxies, our Solar System, and who knows what else. Our Universe...

      Cosmos

      10 Duodecillion Years Into the Future?

      From the gradual heating of our Sun to the slow death of the cosmos, the future of Earth and the Universe is a story of breathtaking transformations, cosmic collisions...

      Cosmos

      What If We Built Cloud Cities on Venus?

      The Earth might not be here forever. A huge solar flare, an asteroid impact, or a local gamma-ray burst – anything could wipe us out for good. If we’re...

      Cosmos

      What If Jupiter Collided With the Smallest Star?

      The biggest planet in the Solar System. And the smallest star in the known Universe. Today, they are on a collision course. And Earth might not survive this. Meet the...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If the Sun Consumed Jupiter?

      Something incredibly strange is unfolding in our cosmic neighborhood, a powerful and unexplained gravitational force is pulling Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar...

      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...

      Earth

      What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Donut?

      On our hypothetical journey, we’ve already tested out living on a flat Earth, a cubical Earth, even a hollow Earth. What do you say we try to survive on an Earth...

      Science

      What If We Built an Artificial Planet?

        What if, someday, we decided that the usefulness of our planet had run its course, and humans needed to scour space to find somewhere new to live? But instead of...

      Earth, MSN New

      8 Incredible Outcomes If Dinosaurs Kept Evolving

      Sixty five million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth and ended the age of the dinosaurs. But what if that never happened? What if dinosaurs had continued...

      Humanity

      What If a Black Hole Opened at CERN?

      CERN, is the Nuclear Research laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland. It features the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth, the Large Hadron Collider...

      Humanity

      What If We Covered All the Roads with Solar Panels?

      We sure love our roads. We love them so much that we seem determined to pave the entire world. But maybe roads can become the future of renewable energy. That’s right...

      Earth, Science

      What If The Earth Was Cube-Shaped?

      Are cubic planets possible? Could humans live on a cubic world? How would our climate change? How would gravity be affected? Could we stand it?

      Cosmos

      What If a Quasar Entered Our Solar System?

      Imagine you’re out for a walk on a lovely day, with not a care in the world. The birds are singing, and the sun is shining. Actually, the sun seems brighter than usual...

      Cosmos

      What If Moon landing never happened?

      It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...

      Cosmos

      What If You Fell Into a Black Neutron Star?

      A dark, mysterious object has appeared at the outer edges of our Solar System. It looks like the remnants of a dying star. But it behaves like a black hole. Your mission...

      MSN New, Science

      What If Money Was Equally Distributed?

        What does wealth look like to you? Is it a hundred dollars? A thousand dollars? A million dollars? We can always go higher. But how much is too much? In...

      Technology

      What If We Had Nuclear-Powered Rockets?

      By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket technology. However, in the not-so-distant future...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If 3I/ATLAS Struck Earth at Full Speed?

      Meet comet 3I/Atlas. A collision with this rock would release the same kind of energy that a certain other asteroid did 66 million years ago, ending the reign of the...

      Humanity

      What Happens If the Mega-Earthquake Hits California Tomorrow?

      The mega-earthquake. It’s coming. We don’t know exactly when or how big it’s going to be, but it’s coming. It will be chaotic, and with millions...

      Cosmos

      What If the Moon Orbited Earth Faster?

      Buckle up. We’re going to take the orbit of this rock and kick it into high gear. Behold the Moon breaking its planetary speed limit. How would this event flood...

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