Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don’t need to worry about them. But not this one. Meet Gaia BH1. This...
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...
Imagine waking up one morning to find our Sun replaced by a cosmic powerhouse far stranger than anything we have seen. From giants that could swallow planets whole to...
Coastal cities across the globe are planning how they will keep the sea away as it rises. One solution? Just move the city. How much would it cost? How do you lift a...
How long would it take for the world’s largest rainforest to burn down? If we don’t do anything to stop it, we’ll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest...
Imagine that the Sun is on the verge of exploding. Or that a planet-killing asteroid is headed our way. Or maybe you just want to take the entire planet on a joy ride...
It’s the middle of the night, and you hear a squeaking sound coming from your attic. You get up to investigate, and as soon as you pull the attic ladder down, a...
Over the past century, astronomers have speculated about the existence of a mysterious 9th planet lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system. Although we’ve...
The night is dark and stormy at the beach. A crowd prays to the thunder in the skies. All hail the god of chaos, who sleeps no more. Cthulhu, the great, green, bringer...
A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...
It’s January 2027. No warning sirens sound across America or Europe. No emergency alert flashes across your phone. By the time the world realizes how serious things have...
While humans celebrate reaching a century of life some creatures are just getting started. From deep ocean depths to remote islands nature has engineered incredible...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Most people have never seen these tiny creatures before, but they may be the most vital organisms on Earth. Say hello...
If our Moon suddenly vanished, Earth would already face dramatic consequences. But replacing it with entire alien worlds would take things to an entirely different level...
Imagine a world where you’re not even human. You can create universes with ease and control time. This could be a reality in an incredibly advanced, and I mean an...
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...
Something incredibly strange is unfolding in our cosmic neighborhood, a powerful and unexplained gravitational force is pulling Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar...
Order some rain for your dry lawn, cancel the upcoming tornado, schedule a week of sunshine for your vacation… What if we could manipulate the weather just like...
Jupiter may be the biggest planet in the Solar System, but its days are numbered. Because today, we’re using Earth’s biggest, baddest bombs to blow the gas giant...
What would happen if you obtained space-bending abilities and decided to test them out by placing Earth between the two asteroid belts in our Solar System? The short...
