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Back to SearchWhat Happens to Your Body at the Mariana Trench Bottom?
The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean is the deepest place on our planet. If you throw a rock into the water, it'll travel 36,000 feet befo…
9 months, 1 week ago
What If You Dropped a Steel Ball into the Mariana Trench
What happens if you drop a solid steel ball into the Mariana Trench - the deepest place on Earth? Will it crush, sink forever, or reveal the ocean’s…
9 months, 1 week ago
In Endless Universe, Why Haven't We Found Other Life
Why haven't we found proof of life on other planets? Is there extraterrestrial life elsewhere in the universe? Or are we alone in space? Scientists'…
9 months, 1 week ago
What If a Drop of Water Fell to the Earth at the Speed of Light?
What if a single drop of water fell to Earth at the speed of light? Would it vaporize instantly, punch a hole through the atmosphere, or rewrite the…
9 months, 1 week ago
A Monstrous Supermassive Black Hole Has Just Vanished
A monstrous supermassive black hole — big enough to swallow millions of suns — has just vanished without a trace. How can something that powerful sim…
9 months, 1 week ago
Why Black Holes Are a Schrodinger's Cat
Black holes are the ultimate Schrödinger’s Cat — both there and not there at the same time. How can something be dead, alive… and maybe both?
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9 months, 1 week ago
What If The Moon Were 10x Brighter
If Jupiter was the size of a basketball, then the Earth would be a tiny little grape. But the Sun makes even Jupiter look like a joke. The Moon, on t…
9 months, 1 week ago
What If the Moon Got Bigger (Much Bigger!)
What if the Moon suddenly got WAY bigger? Would tides destroy cities? Would nights turn brighter than day? Or would Earth even survive at all?
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Where will humanity go after Earth becomes uninhabitable?
One day, Earth will no longer be our home. Whether it’s climate collapse, the Sun’s expansion, or cosmic disaster — humanity will need a new world. B…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Astronomers Just Saw the Biggest Boom Since the Big Bang
It was an epic space explosion that made scientists’ hair stand on end when they discovered it in February 2020! Its size and power are enormous even…
9 months, 2 weeks ago