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      Cosmos, Earth

      What If the Moon Collided With Earth?

      September 11, 2025
      Body

      What If You Fell Into a Pool of Molten Metal?

      March 1, 2021
      Body

      What If You Slept Upside Down?

      May 25, 2020
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      Body

      What If You Suddenly Lost Your DNA?

      March 5, 2018
      Body

      What If You Jumped Into a Pool of Hand Sanitizer?

      April 14, 2020
      MSN New

      What If Earth Were Located Near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center?

      See that strip of stars splashed across the night sky? That’s our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You can see it from Earth because we live on its very outskirts, far...

      Humanity

      What If All People on Earth Lived in the Same Skyscraper?

      With nearly eight billion people on the planet, things can feel pretty crowded. Let’s make things a bit tighter by housing every single person on Earth in one giant...

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      Top 4 Waterslides Where Survival Is the Ultimate Challenge

      Every time you drop your body down a waterslide, all you’re thinking about is having fun. You’re not thinking about how you’re putting your life in the...

      HTS MSN

      One Brother Tripped on a Stick, and That Was All the Mountain Lion Needed

      On March 23, 2024, brothers Taylen and Wyatt Brooks headed into the woods near Georgetown, California, to search for deer antlers. Both were experienced hunters and...

      MSN New, Earth

      Before They Ruled the World, Dinosaurs Were the Underdogs of Earth

      Every empire has a humble beginning, and none more humble than this one. Long before Tyrannosaurus rex crushed bones between its jaws, long before giants shook the...

      MSN New, Earth, Humanity

      Humanity Just Got the Order to Abandon Earth, and Here’s What Comes Next

      An asteroid races towards Earth. In 6 months, the world as we know it will be obliterated. What do you do? Is there time to evacuate? What would it take? And where would...

      MSN New

      The Deadliest Snakes You’ll Be Glad to Know Are Extinct

      If modern snakes already make your skin crawl, you should be thankful you never had to share the planet with their prehistoric ancestors. Millions of years ago, Earth...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If Science Proved That Life After Death Actually Exists?

      Death and the possibility of an afterlife have fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists throughout history. Fear, hope, dread… these are all things we...

      MSN New, Earth

      All of Earth’s Wildlife Just Vanished, and Here’s How Fast We Fall

      While it might be nice to avoid any dangerous confrontations on your wilderness walks, life without wildlife would be pretty boring. If we didn’t have animals...

      HTS MSN

      Why the Bull Ant Is the Most Dangerous Ant on Earth

      You feel something bite into your skin. A sharp pain shoots through your body as you look down and see a powerful insect locked onto you. But the bite is only the...

      Earth

      What If Earth Was As Small as Pluto?

      It’s a small world after all, because today, we’re shrinking Earth to the size of Pluto. But if our planet was this tiny, how would it alter the atmosphere...

      Technology

      What If Every Satellite Fell to Earth?

      Thousands of satellites and pieces of debris currently orbit our Earth. They provide us with television, internet, and communications. But what if all these satellites...

      MSN New

      What Would Actually Happen If You Owned a Time Machine?

      Imagine being able to travel to any point in time. Where would you go, and what would you do? You could witness some of the greatest moments in history or even change...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If You Spent 5 Seconds on Io?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Io, one of Jupiter’s four largest moons, feels like it belongs in a science fiction nightmare. Its surface is a chaotic, ever changing...

      MSN New, Humanity, Technology

      How Powerful are Iran’s Missiles?

      In the shifting geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, one factor remains a constant point of concern for international security analysts: Iran’s missile program...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Imagine Building a City on Mars From Scratch

      The next step in space exploration isn’t generations away. It’s happening right now. And our destination? That mysterious, desolate world next door, Mars...

      MSN New

      What Would Basketball on Mars Actually Look Like?

      Playing sports on another planet sounds like science fiction. In theory, it would feel almost superhuman. You could run faster, jump higher, and throw with far more...

      MSN New, Earth

      Thousands of Ants Joined Together, and Created One of Nature’s Strangest Structures

      Ants are among the most familiar creatures on Earth, yet scientists continue to uncover abilities that seem almost unbelievable. One recent observation left researchers...

      MSN New, Earth

      Why No Military on Earth Would Ever Actually Nuke a Volcano

      Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces on Earth. They can release unimaginable amounts of energy, sending rivers of lava across landscapes, covering cities in ash...

      Earth

      What If You Built a Pipe to the Bottom of the Mariana Trench?

      This is the longest underwater pipe on Earth. It stretches to the bottom of the deepest place on the planet, where only a few people have ever visited. And we’re...

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