The icy moon of Jupiter. A world so frigid that its surface temperatures would instantly turn you into an astronaut popsicle. Its atmosphere is almost non existent, and...
If you ever find yourself falling into a volcano, there are a couple of things you should know. First off, when you reach the bottom, the magma’s not going to...
What if Jupiter gained just a little bit more mass during its formation period, and then ignited to become a star? How different would our Solar System have turned out...
If you traveled 10,000 years into the future, what would planet Earth look like? Would most of its surface be covered in volcanoes? Or would it be frozen in ice? What if...
Right now, wherever you are, you are spinning with our planet at hundreds of meters per second. But what if our planet started hitting the brakes until our world didn’t...
Imagine you’re out for a walk on a lovely day, with not a care in the world. The birds are singing, and the sun is shining. Actually, the sun seems brighter than usual...
Take a deep breath. We take 23,000 breaths a day; trying to get oxygen to our brain and cells. Oxygen is essential to our survival. But it’s a only small...
Every year, our planet makes one full trip around the Sun. And while that means we’re already moving at breakneck speeds, we’re about to ramp that speed up. Like, way up...
Welcome to Jurassic World. In real life. Let’s bring back some of the most dangerous creatures to ever roam the Earth. What could go wrong? Right? How would we be able...
A rogue star is headed straight for our Sun. If these two stars slam into each other, it could spell the end of all life on our planet. How could a rogue star end up in...
Wait a minute, Neanderthals are extinct? Before you laugh, check yourself. Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be...
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...
Imagine if all the Earth’s oxygen disappeared. Not forever, just for, say, an hour? Could you hold your breath that long? What would happen to the atmosphere? And...
What if climate change was taken to the absolute extreme and the entire planet’s ice melted?
I know what you’re thinking. This is… really weird. And also pretty funny. But instead of this just being a silly internet video, what if this were our...
It’s been over 200 million years since South America broke off Africa into its own continent. But now it’s behaving very strangely. It’s taking on water and going down...
The Earth may not be our home forever. Eventually, we may have to leave. What if instead of finding a potentially habitable exoplanet light-years away, we stayed in our...
You pop out of the ocean and hear the faint yells of the lifeguard. The whole beach panics. Your turn around. Something lurks in the water. Before you can say...
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 diving deep beneath the ocean’s surface and coming across a perfectly crafted circular pattern etched into the seafloor. With its intricate ridges...
