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      Cosmos

      8 Stunning Ways Solar Eclipses Look Across the Solar System

      July 17, 2025
      Cosmos

      What If We Sent Our Trash Into the Sun?

      December 24, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If We Built a Stanford Torus?

      August 4, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If Aliens Came to Earth a Million Years in the Future?

      June 13, 2022
      Body

      What If You Fell Off the World’s Tallest Building?

      July 20, 2021
      MSN New, Health

      Here is What Happens If You Only Drink Coffee

      In the morning some of us need that extra boost to get our day going. We’re talking about coffee of course. But before we get brewing. What does coffee do to your...

      HTS MSN

      One Komodo Dragon Bite Can Kill You. Here’s How to Survive

      If you hear any strange noises while visiting Komodo Island, don’t go to check them out. Because you might find yourself face-to-face with the world’s...

      Cosmos

      Things You Were Lied to About Space

      The Sun is Yellow If you’ve always thought our star was a bright yellow ball of fire, you were wrong. For starters, it’s not yellow. It’s green. Sort...

      Humanity

      What If You Were Raised by Wild Animals?

      You’re lost in the jungle without any other humans around. You need to find a new family. Or your new family could find you. What would it be like to be raised by...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Universe Didn’t Start the Way You Think

      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...

      HTS MSN

      The Steps That Could Save Your Life During a Mass Shooting

      Mass shootings happen more often than you think. According to the Gun Violence Archive, between 2014 and 2020 nearly 2,700 mass shootings occurred in the United States...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Callisto Is the Safest Bet, and It Is Frozen Enough to Kill Most Materials in Seconds

      Out of all the moons circling Jupiter, one stands out as the most realistic place for humans to build a base. It is called Callisto, and calling it the safest option...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      5 Things Scientists Discovered About Jupiter

      1. The Great Red Spot Isn’t Alone Everyone has heard of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm so enormous it could swallow Earth whole. It has raged for centuries, fueled by...

      HTS MSN

      “Stay Where You Are” The Order That Trapped Hundreds Aboard the Sinking Ferry, Then 304 People Died

      For Jang Ae-Jin and her classmates, the trip was supposed to be a celebration of their final years of high school. They were traveling by ferry to Jeju Island for a long...

      HTS MSN

      They Filled This Wave Pool With 1,000 People, Then Everything Went Wrong

      Some amusement parks are remembered for thrilling rides, colorful attractions, and carefree summer days. Action Park in New Jersey became famous for something very...

      MSN New, Earth

      You Wake Up 400 Million Years Ago, and the Oceans Are Filled With Monsters

      Humans have been around for a blink of Earth’s history. In that time we’ve come through ice ages, plagues, and every kind of disaster the planet could throw...

      Cosmos

      What If Octopus-like Creatures Inhabit Europa?

      627 million km (390 million mi) from Earth, underneath the cold seas of Europa, a horrifying, and vastly intelligent creature lurks. Can our human minds even comprehend...

      MSN New

      What Happens to Your Body After 30 Days of Drinking Nothing but Coca Cola?

      Coca Cola is one of the most recognizable drinks on the planet. Millions of people enjoy it every day, whether it is with a meal, during a movie, or simply as a sweet...

      MSN New, Earth

      What if Nature Took It All Back?

      Every city, highway, bridge, and skyscraper on Earth tells the same story. Humans have transformed nearly every corner of the planet, shaping landscapes to suit our...

      Earth

      What If We Built the World’s Deepest Bunker?

      Hundreds of meters underground. Large enough to house tens to hundreds of thousands of people. And walls strong enough to withstand the force of a nuclear blast. These...

      HTS MSN

      How to Survive Nature’s Most Violent Tornado

      Few natural disasters are as terrifying as a powerful tornado. These rotating columns of wind can tear apart homes, toss vehicles through the air, and leave entire...

      Science

      What If All Bees Went Extinct?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Food is scarce. Money is worthless. Riots are everywhere. The world is in chaos. This isn’t our past...

      Earth

      What If the Argentinosaurus Was Alive Today?

      Taller than a six-story building. Longer than three school buses. Ten times as heavy as an elephant. The largest dinosaur ever is coming back from extinction. What would...

      Cosmos

      What If You Built a Tipler Cylinder?

      Are you ready for the trip of a lifetime? Because this not so little machine is about to take you on one. A trip back in time. What would you need for this time travel...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      How Jupiter Built The Entire Solar System

      Everything you’ve ever stood on, every rock, every continent, every grain of sand, may have been manufactured in a single cosmic trap hiding behind the biggest...

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      What If is presented by Underknown, a production company creating a variety of short-doc series that search for the underlying truth of how our world operates and how it came to be. Our shows take you to the frontiers of science and make the most complex ideas and theories entertaining and accessible.

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