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      Earth

      What If Megalodon Sharks Never Went Extinct?

      November 16, 2019
      Science

      What If The Universe Stopped Expanding?

      June 11, 2018
      Cosmos

      What If We Sent Our Trash Into the Sun?

      December 24, 2020
      Body

      What If You Never Took Off Your Face Mask?

      December 9, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If You Traveled to the Hell Planet?

      January 15, 2021
      Humanity

      What If Monkeys Took Over the World?

      The monkeys have revolted. And not just with brute strength or violence. Primates have finally outsmarted humankind once and for all. It’s their planet now. How...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If the Sun Consumed 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...

      Cosmos

      What If Jupiter’s Moons Scattered Across the Solar System?

      What if Jupiter’s 79 moons weren’t gravitationally bound to Jupiter? What if they became rogue objects orbiting on their own paths around the Sun? Would they still be...

      Cosmos

      What If Aliens are Living Inside Earth?

      Billions of years ago, another planet smashed into Earth. An event of this epicness could have created our Moon. It also could have brought alien life to our planet...

      Earth, Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If the Sun Exploded Tomorrow?

      That star at the center of our Solar System, that superhot ball of plasma that gives us heat and energy, and amazing complexions… well, it’s a ticking time...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If We Relocated an Entire City?

      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...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Had Jupiter’s Magnetic Field?

      The Sun isn’t the biggest thing in our Solar System. And it’s not Jupiter, either. But close. It’s Jupiter’s very own magnetic field. What would it be...

      Cosmos

      What if Some of the Space Facts You Believe Are Actually Untrue?

      12. THE SUN IS A GIANT BALL OF FIRE Did you know that the Sun isn’t really on fire? No. Our Sun isn’t a raging bonfire in the center of the Solar System...

      6 Exoplanets That Could Save Humanity
      Cosmos, MSN New

      6 Exoplanets That Could Save Humanity

      Astronomers have discovered hundreds of exoplanets, planets beyond our Solar System. Some of these alien worlds orbit their stars in what is known as the “habitable...

      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...

      Cosmos

      What If There’s Life on Kepler 69c?

      Thousands of light-years from Earth, there could be another planet hospitable to life. Kepler 69c. And you’re about to travel to this alien world to see that life...

      Cosmos

      What If a Spoonful of Neutron Star Appeared on Earth?

      This is the Sun. And this is a neutron star. But don’t let its size fool you. Neutron stars are massive gravitational monsters, and orbiting one wouldn’t end...

      DailyMoment, Earth, MSN, MSN New

      Earth Day: What If Earth Lost All Its Coral Reefs?

      How many sea animals would face extinction? Could the corals rebuild themselves from scratch? How would this massive die-off affect humanity? Corals are not rocks. They...

      Science

      What If You Had the Strength of a Superhero?

      If you were just three times stronger than the world’s strongest person, you could lift a compact car. What else could you do? Or, not do? Would superhuman...

      Humanity

      What If a Black Hole Opened at CERN?

      CERN, is the Nuclear Research laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland. It features the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth, the Large Hadron Collider...

      Science

      What If We Never Discovered Antibiotics?

      Watch out for loose superbugs.

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If These Exoplanets Orbited Our Sun?

      Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If a Nuclear Reactor Built by the U.S. Detonated on the Moon?

      Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing space dust floating around it. Maybe broken-off parts of the moon are raining down on Earth. You’d wonder what happened;...

      Cosmos

      8 Reasons Why a Future World War Could Be Fought in Space

      With Earth’s geopolitical tensions on the rise, the possibility of a global conflict is becoming more than just a distant threat. But in the modern era, a future world...

      Technology

      What If We Had Nuclear-Powered Rockets?

      By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket technology. However, in the not-so-distant future...

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