As thrill-seekers, we like to do a lot of extreme, gravity-defying stunts to push our limits. If base jumping or caving is your thing, how about taking a tumble all the...
An unusual visitor has entered our cosmic neighborhood. Scientists call these objects interstellar objects, or ISOs. Unlike asteroids and comets that formed around our...
In a matter of days, a nearby volcano will erupt, spewing debris and lava, and decimating your city. You know that fighting fire with fire usually makes things worse...
The recipe for a star is shockingly simple. Take hydrogen, add mass, and wait for the crush of gravity to ignite the fire. Jupiter has the hydrogen. Jupiter has enormous...
Deep beneath our feet lies one of the most important parts of our planet: Earth’s core. Hidden thousands of kilometers below the surface, this massive sphere is...
Attention, humans. Shapeshifting alien lizards have taken control of your world. They’ve maneuvered themselves into positions of power. And they could be anyone. Where...
Earthquakes happen more often than many people realize. Smaller quakes of magnitude two or lower occur hundreds of times each day around the world. Stronger earthquakes...
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...
Elon Musk has just claimed Mars as his own personal planet. Building his own human colony on the Red Planet, independent of Earth and with it’s own set of laws...
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Callisto Is the Safest Bet, and It Is Frozen Enough to Kill Most Materials in Seconds
Out of all the moons circling Jupiter, one stands out as the most realistic place for humans to build a base. It is called Callisto, and calling it the safest option...
Beneath Antarctica’s endless white surface lies a world most people never think about. Under kilometers of solid ice, the continent hides a landscape shaped by fire...
The Titanosaur is no longer. As the largest animal to roam the Earth, you’d think such an impressive presence would be almost invincible. How did this titan of a...
What would happen if you took the most energetic light source in the Universe and smashed it into a massive gravitational monster? Well, you might reverse the flow of...
For more than a century, one of history’s greatest technological mysteries sat hidden beneath the sea. When historians began studying a strange collection of...
Once a revolutionary invention, it's now filling up our oceans and killing thousands of whales, birds, turtles... Just how much plastic do we have around us?
Far beyond Earth, orbiting the giant planet Jupiter, lies one of the most fascinating places in the Solar System. At first glance, Europa appears to be nothing more than...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Food is scarce. Money is worthless. Riots are everywhere. The world is in chaos. This isn’t our past...
The coils tighten, and somewhere inside all that muscle, the snake is listening. It is not waiting for you to stop struggling. It is not waiting for you to stop...
Niagara Falls is one of the most recognizable natural landmarks in North America, stretching along the border between Ontario, Canada, and New York State. The waterfall...
You wanted perfectly crispy bacon. Instead, the pan suddenly bursts into flames. Your first instinct might be to grab a glass of water, but that could turn a small...
