Congratulations, you’ve taken the seven-month-long journey and have landed on Mars. And it turns out, you’re the first person. Better start getting the human...
MSN New, Cosmos
A Black Hole Would Stretch Your Body Into a Thread in a Single Nanosecond, and You’d Never Feel It Coming
Physicists gave the process a slightly absurd name, which does nothing to soften what it actually describes. They call it spaghettification. Cross the boundary of a...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story It is no secret that humans are the dominant species on Earth. And with no confirmed evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the...
Today, more people are alive on Earth than at any other point in human history. That sounds like an enormous number, but there is one figure that puts it into...
It’s been a hectic week, but you finally have a night to yourself. You settle in front of your TV with your favorite meal. You take the first bite, but something feels...
When we imagine the far future, our thoughts often leap to space travel, artificial intelligence, and life beyond our planet. But what if we stayed on Earth and fast...
Mount Hua, China This hike leads to the South Peak of Huashan, one of the Five Great Mountains of China. Its summit stands at about 2,155 m (7,100 ft), and the infamous...
We’ve seen the strikes. We’ve seen the headlines. But everyone is missing the real endgame here. If Operation Epic Fury turns into a full-scale land war, the winner...
Don’t Miss the Full Video Story Below Something enormous is on its way to our cosmic neighborhood. The Milky Way, along with our closest major neighbor the Andromeda...
It’s the terrorizing stuff of an anxiety-riddled movie plot. A house break-in can be very traumatic, and leave you feeling vulnerable. It can even threaten your...
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one question has lingered in the minds of millions around the world. What would happen if Russian President Vladimir Putin...
1.3 billion years ago, two orbiting massive black holes, circling each other at 250 times a second, collided in a violent, universe-rippling explosion that sent waves of...
Did you know that Mars has polar ice caps just like we do here on Earth? With the right technology, they might be our water source should we ever move to the red planet...
On a dark December night in 1995, a routine commercial flight turned into one of the most devastating aviation disasters in modern history. What began as a standard...
You’re in the deepest part of our oceans. The Mariana Trench. Suddenly, your sub experiences an earthquake. And when you look outside, you see the terrifying...
Who doesn’t love a good race? But this time you’re going headfirst at 132 km/h (80 mph) down an icy track. Only 2.5 cm (1 in) separates the hard cold ice from your...
MSN New, Earth
A Tornado Over an Erupting Supervolcano Would Rain Fire and Molten Rock, and No One Could Outrun It
A tornado already flings debris up to 65 kilometers from where it forms. Now change what it is picking up. Instead of roof tiles and fence posts, imagine molten rock...
Imagine stepping aboard a spaceship capable of traveling faster than light. Instead of spending months reaching Mars or thousands of years crossing the stars, distant...
Imagine being told that your new prison cell sits on an isolated island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The water around you is cold, the currents are strong, and...
President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. Trump is 74 years old, and not to mention overweight. Advanced age and obesity are two factors that put someone...
