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      Cosmos

      What If a Black Hole Is Already in Our Solar System?

      October 6, 2021
      MSN New, Earth

      Find Out What Would Happen If All Antarctica’s Ice Suddenly Melted

      5 months ago
      Body

      What If You Were Shot Out of a Liquid Nitrogen Cannon?

      October 2, 2020
      Earth, Science

      What If the Earth Was Cut in Half?

      May 21, 2019
      Earth

      What If We Never Started Hunting Whales?

      November 16, 2018
      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Great Colonization Debate. Why Scientists Are Split Between Venus and Mars

      Somewhere right now, in a conference room full of planetary scientists, an argument is quietly raging. On one side: the Mars camp, backed by sixty years of missions...

      Science

      What If You Fell Into a Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool?

      You just fell into a pool with this thing. What is this? How would falling in here affect your health? And could you actually survive this? This is a spent nuclear fuel...

      Cosmos, MSN

      What If a Gamma-Ray Burst Hit a Black Hole?

      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...

      Cosmos

      What If We Built a Tower to Outer Space?

      Would you spend a night at the top of the first tower to space? At 100 km above sea level, it would be the highest structure that humans have ever built. This tower...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Everything We Know Changes if Earth Is the Center of the Solar System

      Contrary to what some people think, the Earth isn’t the center of the Universe. But what if it was? What if those medieval astronomers were right, and everything...

      HTS MSN

      10 cm Claws and a Powerful Bite, the Sloth Is Not as Harmless as It Looks

      Nothing about a sloth suggests danger. It hangs around in trees, moves at a pace that barely registers as movement, and wears what looks like a permanent smile. That...

      Humanity

      What Humans Could Look Like 1,000,000 years from Now

      Imagine looking into the mirror and seeing a completely different version of humanity, one with huge eyes, advanced technology wired into the brain, and even the ability...

      MSN New

      The Most Terrifying Times in Earth’s History

      From prehistoric predators and ancient pandemics to volcanic winters and asteroid impacts, Earth’s history is filled with moments so extreme they would be almost...

      MSN New

      Avatar’s Pandora in Real Life is Terrifying

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story The world of Pandora captured audiences with its floating mountains, glowing forests, and breathtaking alien landscapes. In James...

      Cosmos, Earth, Humanity

      5 Reasons Why Discovering Alien Life in 2024 Could Change Everything

      Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But...

      Earth

      What If You Went Surfing on a Tsunami?

      There’s something approaching from the distance that you can’t stop. It can completely destroy cities and kill tens of thousands of people. It looks like...

      HTS MSN

      Black Widows Are Nesting in Your House. Here’s the Plan

      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...

      HTS MSN

      He Spent Almost 2 Years in Solitary Confinement, Then Pulled Out His Own Tooth

      In 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that 3,853 prisoners died in state and federal facilities. And with 600,000 people entering the American jail and...

      MSN New

      How to Get People to Tell the Truth, According to Science

      When you ask someone a question, you expect a truthful answer, right? In an ideal world, people would always be honest. But research suggests reality is far messier than...

      Earth

      What If You Fell Into a Pool Full of Sharks?

      Sharks are the oceans’ primary predators. Eating every fish in their path. But what if you ended up in a pool full of them, and you were the prey? What would...

      Science

      What If A Mega-Tsunami Hit The United States?

      In six hours, you, your government, and 124 million other people across 14 states will be tested by the greatest disaster to ever hit the U.S. East Coast. A great wave...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      If Earth Broke Free From the Sun, Here’s How Long You’d Last

      For billions of years, the Sun’s gravitational has kept Earth’s orbit on a steady and reliable path. But this rogue star has other plans for our planet. This...

      MSN New

      What Would Life Be Like in Underwater Cities?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Let’s be honest, we are pushing our planet to a climate change catastrophe. But there could be a solution. 71% of the Earth’s...

      MSN Gallery

      From Blue Glows to Decades of Darkness, These Are the Universe’s Strangest Sunsets

      A sunset on Earth feels almost predictable. The sky catches fire with shades of orange, pink, and red, the Sun slips below the horizon, and darkness gradually takes over...

      Cosmos

      What If We Could Create Anti-Gravity?

      Are you tired of cramped city-living? Then anti-gravity might be for you! Do you want to soar effortlessly over traffic jams, while the drivers below you lose their...

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