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...
Starting a new job is supposed to be the beginning of something positive. For Lawrence “Day” Davis, however, his first shift at a factory ended in tragedy...
Plastic surrounds us in ways most of us don’t even notice. From the toothbrushes we use in the morning to the water bottles in our hands, plastic is everywhere. But have...
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...
Hornets large enough to decapitate honeybees with their jaws. Centipedes that climb walls and ceilings before dropping into your living space. Bugs that wait until you...
Deep frying a turkey can already be risky enough. Every year, kitchen fires and oil explosions send people running for cover during holiday dinners. But what if we tried...
Picture the most dangerous liquid you could possibly fall into. Most people think of boiling acid, or molten rock, or water swarming with something venomous. All...
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid as big as Mount Everest was headed on a deadly collision course with Earth. The impact was so devastating that it wiped out the...
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...
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...
Imagine if all the Earth’s oxygen disappeared. Not forever, just for, say, an hour? Could you hold your breath that long? What would happen to the atmosphere? And...
410 kilometers (254 miles) above the Earth. That’s where the International Space Station floats. What if you happened to be all the way up here but suddenly fell...
Skyscrapers that once pierced the night sky now stand as monoliths of darkness. Streets that buzzed with life are frozen in eerie silence. Cars stall in mid-traffic...
Imagine drifting through space in a place so empty that you wouldn’t see a single star, planet, or galaxy in any direction. This is the Boötes Void, one of the largest...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore one of Jupiter’s moons without ever leaving Earth? Or what would happen to your body under a monstrous...
In September 2019, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary added 530 new words to its collection, which now totals roughly 470,000 words. Needless to say, language, all languages...
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, one question has remained in the minds of people around the world: could Russia actually use nuclear weapons? With one of...
Our world is sleep-deprived. In the last century, people slept an average of nine hours per night. Today, more than half the world’s population gets by on less...
Ask a human when we will walk on Mars and you get a dream. Ask the data and you get a date. Feed everything we know into the analysis, current space agency roadmaps...
A frozen lake can create a dangerous illusion of safety. From above, the surface may appear thick and perfectly solid, even when weak ice is hiding underneath. Although...
