When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But surprisingly, Venus might actually be a...
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...
Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...
The pace of modern life feels overwhelming. With artificial intelligence advancing by the day and environmental shifts altering our landscapes, we often wonder what life...
The Big Rip, the ultimate fate of our Universe. It will be a cosmic event that will tear apart galaxies, one by one. Stars, planets, you, everything will be eviscerated...
Black holes are the gravitational monsters of the Universe. They are so powerful that nothing, even light, can escape their grasp. One black hole is bad enough. But if...
Our solid core has given us life as we know it. But what if Earth was hollow?
TOI 849b is one of the largest rocky planets ever discovered. It’s a massive, desolate world with zero atmosphere, orbiting incredibly close to its star. Temperatures...
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...
Under extreme circumstances, humans can often pull together to overcome great odds. But when confined in a tight space with each other, well, we may not be at our finest...
Imagine arriving in a galaxy where humanity controls every star, planet, and particle of energy. This is the reality of a type three civilization, one of the most...
Uh-oh. Looks like somebody left the gas running on Jupiter. Don’t do anything stupid, like lighting a humongous match. What would a match need to be made of to ignite...
The delicate balance of the entire Solar System exists in a gravitational dance between planets. Swap the orbits of two of them and you could end up wreaking all kinds...
Has the weather ever ruined your plans? What if I told you I had an idea to stop hurricanes from wrecking your day? And that it involves liquid nitrogen. How exactly...
Sixty six million years ago, a colossal asteroid crashed into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs and wiped out...
The icy moon of Jupiter. A world so frigid that its surface temperatures would instantly turn you into an astronaut popsicle. Its atmosphere is almost non existent, and...
Your body is shaking and you’re feeling nauseous. There’s a sharp pain in your chest, and with each passing moment, it gets harder and harder to breathe. And...
The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn suddenly were on a collision course, which of the...
Serving and protecting the United States is a big responsibility. But its seven services have things covered, even outer space. Tonight it’s sea versus sky as we...
Take some cosmic dust and gas, add billions and billions of planets and a whole lot of stars to the mix. Spice it all up with a handful of gravity to hold things...
