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      Cosmos

      6 Things That Would Happen If the Moon Had Its Own Moon

      11 months ago
      Cosmos

      What If the Moon Orbited Earth Faster?

      November 18, 2022
      MSN New, Earth

      Prehistoric Earth Explained: What Life Was Really Like

      2 months ago
      Earth

      What If Bats Were the Size of Humans?

      October 30, 2020
      Earth

      What If the Kraken Was Real?

      January 27, 2020
      Cosmos, MSN New

      Biggest Lies You Were Told About Space

      THE SUN IS A GIANT BALL OF FIRE No. Our Sun isn’t a raging bonfire in the center of the Solar System. It’s actually a nuclear reactor. Inside stars, hydrogen...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If You Were Born in Paleozoic Era?

      The Paleozoic era began 530 million years ago when the Earth woke up from an ice age. This era lasted for 289 million years, but you might not even last five minutes in...

      Cosmos

      What If the James Webb Telescope Found Alien Life?

      This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a matter of days. What is this powerful new tool...

      What would happen if we dumped our trash on Jupiter?
      Cosmos, MSN New

      What would happen if we dumped our trash on Jupiter?

      What would happen if we tried to dump all our trash on Jupiter? It might sound like a perfect solution, but the reality would be far more dangerous than you think. A...

      HTS MSN, Health

      How Long Could You Survive Ebola?

      An ordinary trek through the forests of West Africa suddenly turns terrifying. A startled bat swoops overhead and bites your hand before disappearing into the trees. At...

      HTS MSN

      India’s Chernobyl: The Bhopal Tragedy

      On the night of December 2, 1984, the residents of Bhopal woke up choking on poison. The air smelled strange as people suddenly felt their eyes burning and their throats...

      Technology

      What If All Cars Were Indestructible?

      Instead of falling apart after a single crash, now we all have cars that are completely indestructible. Would there be fewer fatalities caused by car accidents? What...

      Humanity

      What If America Paid Reparations to Black People for Slavery?

      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...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      Imagine If These 5 Things Were Gone for 5 Seconds

      There are some things you just can’t live without. Like gravity, oxygen, the Sun’s warmth. And we’re about to take those vital things away from you...

      HTS MSN

      10 Most Dangerous Jellyfish and How to Survive Them

      Tentacles meters long that can tangle around you and stingers ready to inject deadly venom. They can be almost entirely seethrough, making them the perfect killer in...

      MSN New

      The Day Earth Lost Every Satellite Would Change Civilization Overnight

      Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Discover why modern civilization depends on thousands of satellites that most people never think about...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Betelgeuse Exploded Right Now?

      Betelgeuse is one of the closest stars to Earth, at a distance of only 650 light-years away. This makes Betelgeuse a fan-favorite with professional and amateur...

      Earth

      What If Carbon Disappeared for 5 Seconds?

      This is carbon. And of all chemical elements in the Universe, it’s one of the most plentiful. So what would happen if all of it suddenly disappeared for five...

      MSN New

      If the Multiverse Is Real, Another You Already Exists

      Imagine a world of endless possibilities. A world where every decision you make splits reality in half. And then the next decision splits it into another half. And then...

      MSN New, Earth

      Physicists Explain Earth’s Chances Against a Black Hole

      Imagine looking up at the night sky and learning that a black hole is racing toward Earth at nearly the speed of light. Not a giant one that swallows galaxies, but a...

      Cosmos

      7 Facts If Space Was Hot Instead of Cold

      We think of space as an icy void, where temperatures drop to hundreds of degrees below zero and astronauts need layers of thermal protection just to survive. But what if...

      MSN New, Science

      What If Neanderthals Still Existed Today?

      Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the Neanderthal genome. Making things even...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If We Poured Liquid Nitrogen Into a Volcano?

      What would happen if you dumped one of the world’s coldest liquids into the boiling, volatile mouth of a volcano? Would it freeze all of the lava inside? Could it...

      Science

      What If Dinosaurs Never Went Extinct?

      How cool would it be to see a real life T-Rex? If only that one fatal asteroid never hit Earth.

      Cosmos

      What If the Universe Isn’t Uniform?

      In a galaxy far away, gravity didn’t quite work the way it does on Earth. And the speed at which everything moved was really weird too. Maybe, some places in our...

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