You start your day hearing wild news. Jupiter has just swallowed Saturn. And it doesn’t stop there. Jupiter is on its way to swallow every planet in the Solar...
MSN New, Humanity
35 Percent of Your Day Would Go to Growing Food, and Starvation Would Still Be Close
What if we took everything that sustains life on this planet, and shrunk it down to one small bubble? Earth’s biosphere stretches about 20 km (12 mi). From the...
MSN New, Cosmos
The Moon Is Shrinking Earth to a Quarter of Its Gravity, and Our Air Is Slipping Away
Our atmosphere stays where it is for one simple reason. Earth is heavy enough to hold it down. Take that mass away and the air begins drifting off into space, quietly...
Kim Wunderlich was deep in the wilderness, focused on his bowhunting trip, when he suddenly noticed something that made his instincts kick in. Two grizzly bear cubs were...
Imagine landing on a planet where the surface looks frozen but burns hotter than your oven. Welcome to Gliese 436b, one of the strangest known planets in the universe...
Imagine this: a tiny needle hurtling toward Earth at the speed of light. At first glance, it might sound like no big deal. After all, it’s just a needle. But in reality...
Wouldn’t it be great to have a truly jaw-dropping view? Like windows looking directly into space? Well, it’s time to build your very own cosmic skyscraper. What would it...
Playing sports on another planet sounds like science fiction. In theory, it would feel almost superhuman. You could run faster, jump higher, and throw with far more...
In the past few billion years, Earth has been pummeled by asteroids, crashed into other planets and frozen over several times. Not to mention being ruled by all kinds of...
This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a matter of days. What is this powerful new tool...
Life on Earth began in one of the most mysterious processes in science, occurring roughly 4.5 billion years ago when the planet was still forming and extremely hostile...
Around 780,000 years ago, north became south and south became north. Earth’s magnetic poles flipped, and the planet carried on without much drama, largely because...
No more vast, barren deserts. Because we are going to turn them all into lush, green farmlands. How would we go about bringing new life to hot deserts? How much would...
You’re in the Ghostbusters universe. With a quick stomp, demons are as good as gone. So how would life change if you could bust ghosts in real life? Would you need...
MSN New, Cosmos
Saturn’s Rings Are Only the Beginning, and the Planet Beneath Them Is Far More Extreme
As you approached Saturn, you would be the first human to take in the glory of its rings and its swirling atmosphere in person. Along the way, you would pass a few of...
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...
Since the early days of spiritualism, psychic mediums have claimed to contact the dead. During these sessions, their clients could see objects mysteriously flying across...
The monkeys have revolted. And not just with brute strength or violence. Primates have finally outsmarted humankind once and for all. It’s their planet now. How...
Get ready for a subaquatic smackdown! It’s Megalodon VS Mosasaurus. One underwater arena. Two apex predators enter. One leaves. Both of these deep-sea divas reigned...
Children of the night, what music they make. That’s right, we’re talking about the nocturnal flying mammals, bats. Besides being a source of Halloween inspiration, the...
