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      Cosmos

      What If You Cut the Moon in Half?

      March 15, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If We’ve Already Made First Contact With Aliens?

      September 27, 2020
      Body

      What If You Drank Only Water for the Rest of Your Life?

      January 5, 2023
      Science

      What If Everyone on Earth Lived in One City?

      March 4, 2019
      Earth

      What If a Hypercane Formed in the Atlantic Ocean Tomorrow?

      June 23, 2021
      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen Inside Jupiter’s Atmosphere If You Made Fire?

      Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It is more than 300 times more massive than Earth, yet it is far less dense. Unlike Earth, it does not have a solid...

      Cosmos, Earth, MSN New

      What If All Nuclear Weapons Exploded in Space?

      Nuclear weapons are the most powerful and frightening tools ever created by humanity. With over twelve thousand warheads spread across the globe, these devices hold...

      Cosmos

      What If You Visited Earth’s Next Space Station?

      Space tourism is much closer than you may think. The International Space Station will soon retire from its successful run through low Earth orbit. But humanity’s...

      Cosmos, Science

      What If We Discovered Alien Life?

      Would this be good or bad news?

      Earth

      What If You Drained the World’s Largest Atoll?

      Let’s face it. There are A LOT of us, and it’s getting more than a little crowded. Right now, there are over 7.7 billion people on Earth, and the United Nations predicts...

      Earth

      What If We Terraformed the Sahara Desert?

      Imagine a dry desert with endless sand dunes transforming into a lush, green tropical paradise before your eyes. This is the ambitious vision of terraforming the Sahara...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      A.I Predicts When Humans Will Reach Mars

      What if humanity’s next giant leap isn’t just a dream, but a countdown already in motion? Using current space agency plans, technological trends, and projected...

      Earth

      What If We Brought Europa’s Ocean Water to Earth?

      Deep under Europa’s thick icy surface lies an ocean larger than all of Earth’s oceans combined. But it’s pretty useless way out there. Let’s ship that water back to...

      Earth

      What If All Antarctica’s Ice Suddenly Melted?

      Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies one of the planet’s greatest mysteries. What would happen if every last piece of ice on the southern continent suddenly...

      Earth

      What If Everyone Farted at the Same Time?

      Everybody farts. And it’s no secret that they’re smelly, gross, and embaressing at times. But what if, instead of trying to hide our flatulence, we all just...

      Cosmos, MSN

      What If the Sun Swallowed Jupiter?

      Something incredibly strange is unfolding in our cosmic neighborhood, a powerful and unexplained gravitational force is pulling Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar...

      MSN New

      Scientists Discovered the Best Way to Travel the Universe

      For more than half a century, rockets have been humanity’s ticket to space. They carried astronauts to the Moon, launched probes to the outer planets, and continue...

      Cosmos

      What If We Could Create Anti-Gravity?

      Are you tired of cramped city-living? Then anti-gravity might be for you! Do you want to soar effortlessly over traffic jams, while the drivers below you lose their...

      Cosmos

      What If We Could Open a Portal to a Parallel Universe?

      What if there are other universes, just like ours? With an infinite number of Earths? With uncountable versions of you? And what if we don’t have to look too far...

      HTS MSN

      The Deadliest Job in the World: How to Survive It

      You hear a sharp cracking sound. You look up. A massive tree is leaning toward you, its weight shifting as gravity takes control. There is no time to think, no time to...

      Earth, MSN New

      6 Terrifying Prehistoric Monsters You Didn’t Know Existed

      Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous...

      Earth

      What If the Megalodon Shark Fought the Mosasaurus?

      Millions of years ago, the megalodon shark was one of the scariest creatures to ever lurk in our seas. And even before that, the mosasaurs reigned supreme, terrorizing...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Lies Elon Musk Has Told You About Mars

      Elon Musk says he wants to send one million people to Mars by the year 2050. The SpaceX CEO has become famous for making huge promises about colonizing the red planet...

      Earth

      What If We Built the World’s Highest Bridge?

      Today on What If, we’re going to build the highest bridge on planet Earth. Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s...

      MSN New

      Could an Alien Civilization Be Hiding in Earth’s Deep Past?

      The universe is vast, ancient, and mostly silent. For decades, scientists have pointed their telescopes toward distant stars, searching for signs of intelligent life. We...

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