They sent humans to walk on the Moon, flew by every single planet in our Solar System, delivered the first residents to the International Space Station… What else could...
These slithering creatures can live in the smallest corners of your home and the darkest places you don’t dare visit. Well, not anymore, because today we’re...
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...
Imagine looking at a pile of plastic waste and seeing something completely different. Instead of useless garbage sitting in landfills or polluting oceans, scientists...
Despite being “black” and a “hole”, a black hole is not a dark, empty space. In his theory of relativity, Einstein predicted how black holes are...
Imagine an enormous football stranded in the Solar System. I mean, the Earth shaped like one. What could cause our planet to change its shape so drastically? And what...
Cats may be known as cute and playful pets, but they are still predators with sharp claws, powerful jaws, and lightning fast reflexes. While most cats avoid serious...
For whatever reason, you are the last human on Earth. So what do you do? Eat like a king? Move into Buckingham Palace? Drive fast? Blow things up? Be naked all the time...
Every rocket we launch brings us one step closer to being locked on this planet permanently. That sounds backwards. Sending things into space should open it up, not...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Bursts of solar flares from the Sun’s surface look spectacular, but they can pose a danger to us here on Earth...
Imagine you had to experience an apocalypse every day. Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, asteroid showers. Every day would be a struggle for survival. That’s because...
For decades, scientists have searched the universe for signs of life beyond Earth. While distant exoplanets often grab the headlines, one of the most promising places...
When most people think of bats, they picture small, shadowy creatures fluttering through the night sky. But what if someone told you there was a bat with a wingspan...
This is the longest underwater pipe on Earth. It stretches to the bottom of the deepest place on the planet, where only a few people have ever visited. And we’re...
Imagine diving deep beneath the ocean’s surface and coming across a perfectly crafted circular pattern etched into the seafloor. With its intricate ridges...
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...
Imagine if we could collect the energy out of thin air. And I mean it quite literally. You know how you were taught that a vacuum is nothing but empty space? That...
Beneath the Earth’s surface lies the core, a scorching sphere of iron surrounded by a layer of molten metal. Temperatures at the core reach approximately 6,000°C...
What would happen if all the volcanoes on Earth erupted at once?
Every year on Christmas Island, something almost unbelievable happens as millions of tiny red crabs begin to move across the landscape in one massive, coordinated wave...
