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      Cosmos, Science

      What If We Had Two Suns?

      October 11, 2018
      Earth

      What If You Moved an Entire City?

      September 17, 2021
      Science

      What If a Black Hole Deleted the Universe?

      March 18, 2019
      Earth

      What If Pangea Never Broke Apart?

      September 9, 2019
      Cosmos

      What If You Fell Into Jupiter?

      September 2, 2025
      MSN New, Humanity

      The Blast Is Survivable, the Fallout Arriving Minutes Later Is What Gets Most People

      You survived the flash. You survived the shockwave. You are standing miles from the blast, dazed but alive. You now have minutes, not hours, before the thing that...

      MSN New

      What If Lightsabers Became Reality

      Do you long for an elegant weapon from a more civilized age? Something less clumsy and random. As you hone your sensitivity to the Force, you may wonder. What if...

      MSN New, Cosmos, Humanity

      We May Be About to Set Foot on an Exoplanet for the First Time

      For centuries, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered what it would be like to stand on another world. We have walked on the Moon, explored Mars with...

      MSN New

      Why Human-Alien Hybrids Could Never Actually Exist

      It’s a beautiful night. Just you, a bottle of wine and your partner drifting through the cosmos in a UFO. As your caress their green skin, you know that...

      Science

      What If You Had the Strength of a Superhero?

      If you were just three times stronger than the world’s strongest person, you could lift a compact car. What else could you do? Or, not do? Would superhuman...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If You Lived in the Paleozoic Era?

      The Paleozoic Era represents one of the most transformative periods in Earth’s history, spanning approximately 289 million years from 541 to 252 million years ago...

      HTS MSN

      A Volcanic Cloud Is Racing Toward You. Here’s Your Only Chance

      A volcano starts rumbling, and suddenly erupts. But instead of seeing lava trickling down, you see a massive cloud of ash quickly coming towards you. This isn’t...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Life Be Like on Jupiter’s Deadly Moons?

      Jupiter is not just the largest planet in our Solar System. It is also surrounded by a vast collection of moons, dozens of them in total, each one shaped by extreme...

      Earth

      What If Columbus Never Discovered America?

      Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent nations. No, this isn’t the result of...

      Technology

      What If We Could Build an Alderson Disk?

      Scroll down to watch the video. The Earth might not remain habitable forever. It could get engulfed by a massive solar flare, or become too hot due to climate change, or...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Did Scientists Discover Evidence of Life on Venus?

      Is alien life really out there? Humanity has wondered about it for decades, and according to scientists, this might finally be a reality. Astronomers have discovered...

      MSN New

      NASA Has Just Achieved Something That Could Completely Change Air Travel

      For the first time, its experimental X 59 aircraft has successfully broken the sound barrier. But unlike every supersonic jet that came before it, this aircraft is...

      HTS MSN

      The Temperature Falls to -153°C, and One Hour Could Be All You Have to Survive

      This red planet is our neighbor in the Solar System. But it has none of the components that make life possible here on Earth. It’s full of radiation and too cold...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Single Needle at the Speed of Light Would Hit Harder Than 100 Nuclear Bombs

      Picture a sewing needle. Small enough to lose in the carpet, light enough that you barely feel it resting in your hand, and completely harmless in every ordinary sense...

      Humanity, MSN New

      Ranking the Most Dangerous World Leaders

      Welcome to the world of power and influence. Today, we look at the eight most dangerous world leaders. Which one has the strongest military? Who’s got the most...

      HTS MSN

      They Thought Their Tent Was Safe Until a Wolf Crawled Inside

      In August 2019, Matt Rispoli, his wife Elisa, and their two young children were camping in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It was supposed to be a nice family...

      Cosmos, MSN

      5 Things You Need to Know If You Fell Into Neptune

      Neptune is big, it’s blue, and it is a planet that can tear you apart if you happen to drop into one of its massive, Earth-sized storms. While it might look calm and...

      Earth

      What If Earth’s Core Were a Geo-Reactor?

      Deep beneath the Earth lies a mysterious and powerful force. A wellspring of nuclear energy which could one day rip us apart. Many scientists have found clues that...

      Cosmos

      What If We Built Cloud Cities on Venus?

      The Earth might not be here forever. A huge solar flare, an asteroid impact, or a local gamma-ray burst – anything could wipe us out for good. If we’re...

      MSN New, Earth

      6 Strange Shapes Earth Could Take

       

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