It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...
There are places in the Universe where you could turn to ash, freeze to death or be completely crushed by gravity. And you’re about to visit them all. What...
Washington, D.C. is more than just the capital of the United States. It is the center of American political power, home to the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court...
Powerful earthquakes recently ripped through Venezuela, shaking large parts of the western region and sending violent tremors across cities and surrounding areas. The...
Our Solar System has remained remarkably stable for billions of years. Every planet follows a carefully balanced orbit, held together by the Sun’s gravity. But...
Alan Catterall arrived at work expecting another ordinary day at Pyranha Mouldings, a kayak manufacturing company in Cheshire, England. Instead, a routine cleaning task...
This is the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. It stretches 11km (7 mi) down below sea level. But what if we made it even deeper? Get a giant drill because...
A huge gas giant suddenly appears in the sky. You look up in wonder. It’s beautiful. The second Saturn replaces our Moon in its orbit, Earth would just as suddenly...
For decades, the United States, Russia, and China have competed for influence around the world. They have fought through economic pressure, cyberattacks, intelligence...
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...
Lexi Yeo thought dolphins were friendly creatures until swimming with them changed her mind forever. Out of nowhere, an aggressive bottlenose dolphin started to bite...
Humans have been evolving for the past six million years. But something’s gone terribly wrong. And now we are evolving backward. Once this process began, how long...
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...
39 light years from Earth, the TRAPPIST 1 system hides one of the most extraordinary planetary families ever discovered. Around a faint red dwarf star, seven Earth sized...
No country owns the Moon. Existing agreements treat outer space as shared ground, meant to be used peacefully by everyone. That sounds settled until you imagine what...
More than 270 million years ago, Earth’s oceans were home to a predator unlike anything alive today. It looked somewhat like a shark, but one feature made it truly...
Imagine an entire network of flying cars zooming around 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) above our congested city streets. Your morning commute would be a lot different up...
Mount Rushmore is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States. Every year, millions of visitors travel to South Dakota to admire the enormous faces of...
When most people think of prenuptial agreements, they imagine thick legal documents drafted by modern lawyers. But long before today’s contracts existed, couples...
Yet over time, they disappeared and evolved into the smaller versions we know and love today. But what if we found a way to bring them back? Why did giant mushrooms go...
