You’ve heard the Soundgarden song, but how about a real Black Hole Sun collision? Most black holes are the remnants of massive stars. Would our Sun survive the collision, or could a black hole make some serious cosmic trouble for the ruler of our Solar System? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-the-sun-collided-with-a-black-hole/ […]
Carbon is the primary building block of all life on Earth. Without it, humans would have no DNA. What if we tried replacing human life with silicon instead of carbon. What would silicon-based humans look and act like? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-humans-were-silicon-based-instead-of-carbon-based/ 00:00 Silicon-based life 00:53 Carbon life 02:32 Weak […]
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Antimatter is the most potent fuel source known to humanity. And it could be the secret to faster-than-light space travel. But where in the Universe would we find antimatter? How fast could it make your spaceship travel? And why would you want to stock up on bananas on your intergalactic […]
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635 light-years from where you are sitting, way out in outer space, lies a planet. The first planet to be discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Its name is Kepler 22-b. When a planet is located within a star’s habitable zone, it means that there is a […]
Welcome to Jurassic World. In real life. Let’s bring back some of the most dangerous creatures to ever roam the Earth. What could go wrong? How would we be able to clone dinosaurs? What would life with them roaming the Earth be like? And which ones would eat you for […]
Humanity’s nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying all life on Earth. Over. And over. And over. Maybe it’s time we dumped it far away. We might want to inhabit other planets in the future, so how about our closest star? How many nukes could we throw at the Sun? What […]
