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Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter may look like a beautiful ball of swirling clouds, but on the...
No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or would they be completely different? What if...
What would happen if our planet got too close to a black hole? According to science fiction, we’d be sucked into a parallel universe, or maybe even the future. But...
Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. But also the longest, deepest canyon on the...
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...
Slavery, America’s original sin, was outlawed by President Lincoln on New Year’s Day in 1863. But the repercussions of this brutality and dehumanization...
Ah, the planet Earth, our beautiful home. We’d like to believe it will be around forever, but what if it isn’t? Aliens, comets, weapons of mass destruction, black...
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It’s 300 times more massive than Earth. But it’s less dense than our home. With no solid surface, this planet is...
How much do you know about black holes? What would happen if you fell into one? Say one day you were exploring space looking for a new planet for humans to inhabit, but...
Antimatter is the most potent fuel source known to humanity. And it could be the secret to faster-than-light space travel. But where in the Universe would we find...
Where do they come from? How do we get rid of them? And how much drama is a poltergeist going to cause me? OK, so exactly what is a poltergeist? Well, a poltergeist is a...
Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet...
That’s no moon. It’s a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing — to bring order to the galaxy. It’s Star...
Something strange is happening on the outskirts of our Solar System. It could be a large, mysterious planet. Or, it could be a black hole. How big would this black hole...
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...
Together, the U.S., Russia, and China control nearly half of the world’s military power, dominate the global economy, and influence the most powerful international...
You wouldn’t notice it at first. But every second, the air around you is thinning, just a little. Within 30 seconds, you’d be gasping. Engines would fail, hospitals...
Imagine a world where you could move objects with your mind, cure cancer with microscopic machines, or even live to be 1,000 years old. The future of science is...
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...
