Mars is usually a safe 225 million kilometers away from Earth, but what if the red planet went off course and headed straight toward us? This nightmare scenario would...
Welcome to the Solar System construction zone. Today you’ll be using our cosmic sandbox to build a brand new planet. What would you need to create a rocky planet like...
We can build really big things in space. Okay, not that big – yet. But we’ve packed the Earth’s lower orbit with about 5,000 satellites – some...
In the past 200 years, the average life expectancy on Earth has more than doubled. But despite being able to live longer, we still haven’t figured out a way to...
Unlike Earth, which is securely orbiting the Sun, there are billions of rogue planets drifting through the Milky Way with no star to call home. These worlds were likely...
You put on your shoe and feel a burning pain in your foot right away. Your whole leg starts feeling stiff. The room spins as your vision blurs, and your stomach clenches...
The biggest planet in the Solar System. And the smallest star in the known Universe. Today, they are on a collision course. And Earth might not survive this. Meet the...
You would never make it to the bottom of the ocean without any equipment, because you would run out of oxygen, and your body would be shut down by the pressure...
On April 24, 2013, thousands of workers entered a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that many of them already feared was unsafe. Just one day earlier, employees had...
Termites are some of the oldest insects on Earth, with fossils dating back around 130 million years to the Early Cretaceous period. Today, they can be found on six of...
Imagine a world where the United States never existed as a single nation. Instead of one country stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, North America is divided...
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, there’s a scorching ball of iron surrounded by an ocean of boiling hot liquid metal – the Earth’s core...
In 1967, NASCAR driver St. James Davis traveled to Tanzania, Africa, expecting to return home with unforgettable memories from his journey. Instead, he witnessed...
Six hundred and thirty-five light years away from Earth, there is a world that seems to promise something almost unimaginable: a planet covered in a vast liquid ocean...
What if there was another version of you? Somewhere out there in the Universe. A you that could be anything. Imagine a version of you where you’re the Batman. Or...
The truth is that the Universe works in ways that are far more complex and fascinating than most of us realize. These misunderstandings often come from how we try to...
You might not speak perfect Klingon… But you’re probably familiar with science fiction. And you probably know why it’s called ‘fiction.’...
What if the Moon was more than just a lifeless rock? Under that bright light, it could be hiding an alien civilization. When did this alien life begin on the Moon? What...
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...
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