What If: Science, Theory, and Possibilities
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An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the universe, others right here on Earth. Each scenario examines a scientific theory, research or fact through a hypothetical question.
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What If All Glaciers Melted Instantly? Sea Level Rise and Global Consequences
What would happen if every glacier on Earth melted instantly? Explore a hypothetical world of rising seas, flooded cities, disrupted rivers, and cascading climate disasters.Compare three scenarios: the sudden …
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What would happen if every glacier on Earth melted instantly? Explore a hypothetical world of rising seas, flooded cities, disrupted rivers, and cascading climate disasters.
Compare three scenarios: the sudden loss of alpine glaciers, the melting of Greenland and Antarctica's vast ice sheets, and the disappearance of floating sea ice. Discover how ice loss could reshape coastlines, alter gravity's influence on ocean levels, and accelerate global warming through the albedo effect.
From a potential 65-meter (215-foot) sea level rise to the physics of hypothetical tsunamis, this episode examines which places might survive, what civilization could face, and whether glaciers could ever return.
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00:00:00: What If All Glaciers Melted Instantly?
00:00:42: Mountain Glaciers vs. Ice Sheets
00:01:25: Scenario 1: All Alpine Glaciers Melt Instantly
00:02:03: Drying Up the World's Major Rivers
00:03:47: The Impact on Coastal Sea Levels
00:05:25: Scenario 2: Greenland and Antarctica's Ice Sheets
00:07:42: 99% of Freshwater Ice and Gravity Shifts
00:08:24: The 65-Meter (215-Foot) Sea Level Rise
00:09:16: Deep-Ocean Tsunami Physics
00:10:14: North Pole Tsunami: Impacts and Inundation
00:11:21: South Pole Tsunami: The Antarctic Beast
00:12:12: Waves Collide: Wiping Out Cities and Countries
00:13:14: The New Inland Map and Secondary Disasters
00:15:25: Scenario 3: Melting Sea Ice and the Cryosphere
00:16:36: Why Melting Sea Ice Doesn't Raise Water Levels: Displacement
00:17:08: The Albedo Effect and Accelerated Global Warming
00:18:31: Climate Feedback Loops and Civilization Collapse
00:19:40: Can Glaciers Ever Return? Hysteresis Explained
00:20:42: The New Waterworld Era
#glacier #icecap #globalwarming #climatechange #climate #Earth #ocean #water #sea #sealevel #sealevelrise #glaciermelting #alpineglaciers #icesheets #Greenland #Antarctica #seaice #cryosphere #coastalflooding #tsunamiphysics #freshwater #albedoeffect #climatefeedbackloops #hysteresis #65-metersealevelrise
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The Great Dying: Earth's Closest Call to Extinction
What if Earth's continents had never split apart? Imagine a modern-day Pangea: one massive supercontinent where the air is hot, thick, and heavy with the scent of wet mud and pine. Your lawn is a dense fern …
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What if Earth's continents had never split apart? Imagine a modern-day Pangea: one massive supercontinent where the air is hot, thick, and heavy with the scent of wet mud and pine. Your lawn is a dense fern jungle, and a massive, toothy relative of the crocodile waits where your driveway should be.
Explore what this alternate Earth might look like, which creatures could rule it, and whether humans would ever have evolved.
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Falling Through the Universe: Jupiter, Cosmic Voids and Black Holes
What would happen if you dug to Earth’s core or fell into Jupiter, Neptune, or the biggest void in the universe? Explore extreme cosmic possibilities, from the Solar System’s greatest storm to the search for …
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What would happen if you dug to Earth’s core or fell into Jupiter, Neptune, or the biggest void in the universe? Explore extreme cosmic possibilities, from the Solar System’s greatest storm to the search for Planet 9. Could our entire universe exist inside a black hole?
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00:00:05: You Are Alive to Watch the Solar System’s Greatest Storm Die
00:16:32: What If You Dug to Earth’s Core?
00:34:38: What If You Fell Into Jupiter?
00:38:47: What If You Fell Into Neptune?
00:51:41: What If We Found Planet 9?
01:12:48: What If You Fell Into the Biggest Void in the Universe?
01:28:39: What If Our Universe Was Inside a Black Hole?
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What If Pangea Still Existed Today?
What would Earth look like if Pangea had never split apart? Explore an alternate world where today's continents remain one massive supercontinent, with mega-monsoons, a vast desert interior and a radically …
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What would Earth look like if Pangea had never split apart? Explore an alternate world where today's continents remain one massive supercontinent, with mega-monsoons, a vast desert interior and a radically different path for evolution.
Meet Postosuchus, an ancient relative of crocodiles, and discover what Lystrosaurus fossils reveal about our planet's connected past. From continental drift and the Great Dying to cynodonts, the ancestors of mammals, explore the forces that shaped life on Earth—and whether humans could have evolved without them.
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00:00:00: What If Pangea Still Existed Today?
00:01:19: Apex Predators: Meet Postosuchus
00:02:08: Atmosphere and Mega-Monsoons
00:05:51: The Unforgiving Interior: A 50-Million-Square-Kilometer Desert
00:07:35: Could Humans Have Evolved on Pangea?
00:08:44: What Was Pangea and Who Lived There?
00:10:59: The Fossil Evidence: Lystrosaurus Across Continents
00:12:03: How Continental Drift Drove Evolution and Human Origins
00:15:01: Alternate Evolution: 200 Million Years Later
00:17:30: The Great Dying: Earth's Biggest Extinction Event
00:19:53: Cynodonts: The Scrappy Ancestors of All Mammals
00:22:00: Parallel Evolution: What Would Humans Look Like?
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How the International Space Station Will Fall Back to Earth
The International Space Station (ISS) races overhead at 8 km (5 mi) per second. But its time in orbit will eventually end with a descent through Earth's atmosphere, leaving debris at the bottom of the …
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The International Space Station (ISS) races overhead at 8 km (5 mi) per second. But its time in orbit will eventually end with a descent through Earth's atmosphere, leaving debris at the bottom of the ocean.
Explore what will happen when the ISS returns to Earth and why its fiery reentry will mark the end of an extraordinary chapter in space exploration.
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Where Could Humanity Live Beyond Earth? Mars, Moon Cities and Earth 2.0
Could humanity find a home beyond Earth? Explore hypothetical scenarios involving ancient Mars, moving all 8 billion people to the Red Planet, a NASA Moon city by 2032, and a journey to an Earth-like …
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Could humanity find a home beyond Earth? Explore hypothetical scenarios involving ancient Mars, moving all 8 billion people to the Red Planet, a NASA Moon city by 2032, and a journey to an Earth-like world.
Discover the possibilities and challenges of living on other worlds, from our nearest celestial neighbors to a potential Earth 2.0.
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00:00:05: What if you lived on Mars 1 billion years ago?
00:18:23: What if we moved all 8 billion people to Mars?
00:44:28: What if NASA built a Moon city by 2032?
01:06:16: What if you traveled to Earth 2.0?
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Why the International Space Station Is Coming Back to Earth
The International Space Station (ISS) speeds around Earth at 8 km (5 mi) per second. But its time in orbit is coming to an end. Explore why this landmark of international cooperation is headed for a controlled …
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The International Space Station (ISS) speeds around Earth at 8 km (5 mi) per second. But its time in orbit is coming to an end. Explore why this landmark of international cooperation is headed for a controlled re-entry and a final splashdown near Point Nemo.
Discover how the ISS was built, what decades of microgravity research have revealed, and why structural fatigue makes saving the station so difficult. We examine alternatives to deorbiting, the lessons of Skylab, and what comes next—from Artemis and Moon bases to commercial space stations.
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00:00:00: The International Space Station's coming return to Earth
00:01:45: What is the ISS? Specifications, size, and speed
00:03:19: Building an orbital bullet train: a global achievement
00:05:49: ISS history and post-Cold War collaboration
00:07:38: Mir as a template and assembling the station in orbit
00:10:00: Science in freefall: microgravity experiments
00:12:47: Space technology spin-offs and 25 years of research
00:14:12: Why structural fatigue prevents saving the ISS
00:15:45: Why not bring the ISS home, park it, or let it drift?
00:18:46: Skylab and the risks of uncontrolled re-entry
00:21:02: The final splashdown near Point Nemo
00:23:15: What comes next: Artemis, Moon bases, and commercial space stations
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What If All Earth's Oceans Disappeared Overnight?
What if Earth's oceans boiled away in an instant? Explore how vaporizing the oceans could transform our planet—and ask how long it would take for the sky to catch fire.In about 5 billion years, the Sun will …
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What if Earth's oceans boiled away in an instant? Explore how vaporizing the oceans could transform our planet—and ask how long it would take for the sky to catch fire.
In about 5 billion years, the Sun will exhaust the hydrogen in its core and expand into a red giant. As it grows, the intense heat could vaporize Earth's oceans. But what would happen if that distant scenario unfolded right now?
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What If We Landed on Every Moon in the Solar System?
Could you survive a landing on every moon in the solar system? Explore the dangers of these alien worlds, from Neptune’s moon Triton to the moons of Jupiter, and imagine what life there might be like.Discover …
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Could you survive a landing on every moon in the solar system? Explore the dangers of these alien worlds, from Neptune’s moon Triton to the moons of Jupiter, and imagine what life there might be like.
Discover what could happen if we swapped Earth’s Moon with other moons or planets—and what Earth might become if Saturn took over and turned our planet into a moon.
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00:00:05: What if we swapped our Moon with other moons?
00:20:25: What would dying on every moon be like?
00:50:39: What if you spent 5 seconds on Triton, Neptune’s moon?
01:11:43: What if you lived on the moons of Jupiter?
01:26:29: What if we swapped our Moon with other planets?
01:45:39: Earth becomes a moon: What if Saturn took over?
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What If Earth's Oceans Vaporized and the Sky Caught Fire?
What would happen if Earth's oceans instantly boiled away? Explore a world of crushing atmospheric pressure, runaway greenhouse heating, supercritical water, and a potentially molten crust.Our Sun will …
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What would happen if Earth's oceans instantly boiled away? Explore a world of crushing atmospheric pressure, runaway greenhouse heating, supercritical water, and a potentially molten crust.
Our Sun will eventually exhaust the hydrogen in its core and expand into a red giant, dramatically heating Earth. But what if the oceans vaporized today? Could the sky really catch fire, and how would the planet's atmosphere change?
This episode explores hydrogen physics, Earth's thermal equilibrium, atmospheric loss, deuterium, and what a Kardashev Type 1 civilization might do with planetary-scale energy.
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00:00:00: What if the oceans vaporized and the sky caught fire?
00:02:05: Extreme atmospheric pressure and crushing gravity
00:03:42: Supercharging the greenhouse effect
00:04:42: Supercritical water and the Draper point
00:12:00: Kardashev Type 1 civilization and clean energy
00:13:48: The physics of hydrogen and red giant expansion
00:15:18: Earth's thermal equilibrium and molten crust
00:18:40: Atmospheric loss and heavy hydrogen (deuterium)
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Why Earth Is Perfect for Life—and How It Could All Change
What makes Earth so perfectly suited for life—and how fragile are those conditions? Explore the factors that make our planet habitable, the immense scale of its oceans, and what could happen if Earth lost …
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What makes Earth so perfectly suited for life—and how fragile are those conditions? Explore the factors that make our planet habitable, the immense scale of its oceans, and what could happen if Earth lost oxygen or became a water world.
Journey through Earth's ancient history and imagine a future without humanity: how long would it take for nature to erase every trace of us?
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00:00:05: Why is Earth so perfectly suited for life?
00:18:29: The immense scale of the ocean explained
00:41:11: What if Earth lost 1% of its oxygen every second?
01:00:17: What if Earth became a water world?
01:15:45: The entire history of Earth condensed into 27 minutes
01:39:28: If humans vanished, how long until Earth erased every trace of us?
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What If We Shrunk the Solar System to Fit Inside a City?
What would our solar system look like if it fit inside a single city—and could you walk across it in one day? Explore a city-sized scale model to discover the distances between planets and our place in …
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What would our solar system look like if it fit inside a single city—and could you walk across it in one day? Explore a city-sized scale model to discover the distances between planets and our place in space.
Along the way, investigate Apophis, the asteroid nicknamed the "God of Chaos." How big is it compared with Earth, how close will it pass, and what would it actually take for an asteroid to destroy our planet? Put planetary sizes, orbital distances, and asteroid encounters into perspective.
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00:00:00: Shrinking the solar system to fit inside a city
00:02:08: Mercury
00:03:27: Venus
00:06:10: Earth
00:07:43: Mars
00:10:50: Saturn
00:13:27: Uranus
00:16:24: Neptune
00:17:26: Pluto
00:18:05: Scaling down to realistic proportions
00:20:47: How big is Apophis compared with Earth?
00:21:37: What would it take to destroy Earth?
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What If AI Escaped OpenAI? Secret Messages & Data Breaches
What if AI escaped OpenAI? Explore a hypothetical scenario involving artificial intelligence, secret messages, and a data breach.Discover more science and technology scenarios and go deeper with the What If …
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What if AI escaped OpenAI? Explore a hypothetical scenario involving artificial intelligence, secret messages, and a data breach.
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Before the Big Bang and Beyond: The Universe’s Most Mind-Bending Possibilities
What could have existed before the Big Bang? What would happen if the universe began to shrink? Explore cosmic possibilities, from the largest objects in the universe to a galaxy collision that could reshape …
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What could have existed before the Big Bang? What would happen if the universe began to shrink? Explore cosmic possibilities, from the largest objects in the universe to a galaxy collision that could reshape our night sky.
Discover Milkdromeda, imagine seeing the fourth dimension, and consider what it would be like to fall into the biggest cosmic void. This episode explores the scale of the cosmos and hypothetical journeys through space and time.
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00:00:05: The True Scale of the Largest Objects in the Universe
00:22:28: What If You Traveled to Before the Big Bang?
00:43:55: What If the Universe Starts Shrinking?
01:04:54: What If You Lived Through Milkdromeda?
01:28:02: What If You Could See the Fourth Dimension?
01:55:30: What If You Fell Into the Biggest Void in the Universe?
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How Self-Replicating AI Machines Could Destroy Earth in 48 Weeks
Could self-replicating machines controlled by an out-of-control AI destroy Earth in just 48 weeks? Explore a hypothetical scenario in which machines mine asteroids and planets, drain stars for energy, and …
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Could self-replicating machines controlled by an out-of-control AI destroy Earth in just 48 weeks? Explore a hypothetical scenario in which machines mine asteroids and planets, drain stars for energy, and spread across galaxies to build more of themselves.
Discover how self-replicating probes might work, why their expansion could become dangerous, and how the AI alignment problem raises questions about whether superintelligent systems would keep humanity safe.
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00:00:00: What If AI Destroys Us by Accident?
00:01:19: Building a Machine That Builds Itself
00:15:19: The Case for Self-Replicating Probes and How It Goes Wrong
00:23:40: From Earth to the Galaxy
00:29:48: The AI Alignment Problem
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The Speed of Light: Why Your Brain Predicts the Present
Are you experiencing reality in real time? Light takes time to travel, so everything you see—from distant stars to your own hands—comes from the past. Discover how your brain predicts and adjusts to help you …
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Are you experiencing reality in real time? Light takes time to travel, so everything you see—from distant stars to your own hands—comes from the past. Discover how your brain predicts and adjusts to help you navigate a delayed view of reality.
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What If We Replaced the Sun With the Universe’s Deadliest Objects?
What would happen if we replaced the Sun with some of the universe’s deadliest objects? Explore hypothetical solar systems, enormous cosmic objects, and the consequences of swapping our star for …
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What would happen if we replaced the Sun with some of the universe’s deadliest objects? Explore hypothetical solar systems, enormous cosmic objects, and the consequences of swapping our star for Betelgeuse.
Discover the true scale of the largest objects in the universe, imagine exoplanets replacing our solar system, and see how the Sun would look from every planet. Plus, explore what could happen if the Sun exploded tomorrow.
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00:00:05: What if we swapped our Sun with other objects in the universe?
00:19:58: The true scale of the largest objects in the universe
00:32:23: What if exoplanets replaced our solar system?
00:51:21: What would the Sun look like from every planet?
01:13:36: What if the Sun exploded tomorrow?
01:18:01: What if Betelgeuse replaced our Sun?
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15 Space Myths: Facts You Learned Wrong
Think you know space? Explore 15 space myths and misconceptions, from the Moon's so-called dark side to whether the Great Wall is visible from space and why the Sun isn't actually on fire.Discover how our eyes …
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Think you know space? Explore 15 space myths and misconceptions, from the Moon's so-called dark side to whether the Great Wall is visible from space and why the Sun isn't actually on fire.
Discover how our eyes, space photos, and scientific tools shape our understanding of the universe—and why accepted explanations can change as new evidence emerges.
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00:00:00: 15 Space Facts You Learned Wrong
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00:10:13: Better Tools Are Never Enough
00:16:27: What Else Is New
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What Happens If You Dive Into the Mariana Trench?
What would happen if you dove into the Mariana Trench? Explore the intense conditions of the deep ocean and discover rare footage from Earth's deepest point.Reaching the Mariana Trench is harder than landing on …
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What would happen if you dove into the Mariana Trench? Explore the intense conditions of the deep ocean and discover rare footage from Earth's deepest point.
Reaching the Mariana Trench is harder than landing on the Moon. Fewer people have visited Earth's deepest point than have walked on the lunar surface.
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What If Earth Changed Completely? Ice Melt, Volcanoes and a Second Moon
What would happen if Antarctica’s ice suddenly melted, the oceans drained, or Yellowstone erupted tomorrow? Explore hypothetical Earth transformations, from a water-covered planet to a world without …
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What would happen if Antarctica’s ice suddenly melted, the oceans drained, or Yellowstone erupted tomorrow? Explore hypothetical Earth transformations, from a water-covered planet to a world without humans.
Discover how long traces of humanity might survive after we vanished, what a second moon could mean for Earth, and what might happen if Earth became a moon of Saturn. Plus, explore the hypothetical question: what if Earth were flat?
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00:00:05: What if all of Antarctica’s ice suddenly melted?
00:18:16: What if we drained the oceans?
00:21:41: What if Yellowstone erupted tomorrow?
00:26:28: If all humans vanished, how long until Earth erased every trace of us?
00:49:38: What if Earth became a water world?
01:05:54: What if Earth had a second moon?
01:25:15: What if Saturn took over and Earth became a moon?
01:42:07: What if Earth were flat?
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Mariana Trench: How Deep Is Earth’s Deepest Ocean Trench?
How deep does the ocean go? Explore the Mariana Trench, home to Earth’s deepest known point, and discover how its depths compare with Mount Everest.If Mount Everest were placed in the Mariana Trench, more than …
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How deep does the ocean go? Explore the Mariana Trench, home to Earth’s deepest known point, and discover how its depths compare with Mount Everest.
If Mount Everest were placed in the Mariana Trench, more than 2 km of water would still cover its peak. In a hypothetical ocean without water, a fall to the trench’s bottom would take roughly 3.5 minutes.
The ocean covers about 71% of Earth’s surface, yet much of its seabed remains unexplored. Discover the extreme pressure, strange life, and vast depths beneath the waves.
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What If We Moved Everyone To Mars?
War, environmental destruction, global warming, species extinction... Spaceship Earth is being trashed by its crew. It seems humanity needs a Plan B. Fast. And the obvious candidate? Mars is staring down at us …
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War, environmental destruction, global warming, species extinction... Spaceship Earth is being trashed by its crew. It seems humanity needs a Plan B. Fast. And the obvious candidate? Mars is staring down at us every night.
Mars has a total surface area almost equal to Earth's entire land area, offering plenty of room. With large sums of money directed to space exploration, it's not so far-fetched to ask: What if we moved all 8 billion humans to Mars?
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00:00: What If We Moved All 8 Billion People To Mars?
00:49: The Case for Mars
05:47: Where are we now?
08:07: Really Difficult
14:50: New Earth
21:46: Same Ship, Different Day
24:20: What if we don't move 8 billion people to Mars?
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What If Prehistoric Monsters Never Went Extinct?
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00:00: What Would Dying by Prehistoric Animals Be Like?
24:10: What If the Mosasaurus Were Still Alive?
29:19: What If You Were Swallowed by a Whale?
33:50: What If You Lived in the Devonian Period?
40:46: What If Pangea Never Broke Apart?
44:38: What If the 60-Foot Megalodon Never Went Extinct?
48:35: Evolution of Dinosaurs in 10 Minutes
58:17: What Happened After the Deadliest Asteroid Hit Earth?
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How is Earth Perfectly Suited for Life?
You are the end result of a series of coincidences so specific and numerous that it boggles the mind. Some scientists even find it unsettling. Have you ever wondered: why me? Why this planet? Why is Earth so …
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You are the end result of a series of coincidences so specific and numerous that it boggles the mind. Some scientists even find it unsettling. Have you ever wondered: why me? Why this planet? Why is Earth so perfectly suited for life?
Join us as we delve into whether Earth is almost too perfect and uncover the mysteries behind it.
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01:56: The Goldilocks Zone & Liquid Water
03:51: The Moon's Impact & Axis Stability
06:08: Earth's Core & The Protective Magnetosphere
09:48: Size, Atmosphere, & Essential Chemistry
11:41: Tectonic Activity & The Origins of Life
13:31: Big Brother Jupiter: The Cosmic Shield
14:12: Coincidence, Simulation, or Intelligent Design?
16:24: The Anthropic Principle & The Fermi Paradox
19:33: Perfect for Life or Just Perfect for Us?
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00:00: Why Is Earth Suspiciously Perfect?
01:56: The Goldilocks Zone & Liquid Water
03:51: The Moon's Impact & Axis Stability
06:08: Earth's Core & The Protective Magnetosphere
09:48: Size, Atmosphere, & Essential Chemistry
11:41: Tectonic Activity & The Origins of Life
13:31: Big Brother Jupiter: The Cosmic Shield
14:12: Coincidence, Simulation, or Intelligent Design?
16:24: The Anthropic Principle & The Fermi Paradox
19:33: Perfect for Life or Just Perfect for Us?
#Earth #life #GoldilocksZone #Moon #Magnetosphere #TectonicActivity #Jupiter #AnthropicPrinciple #FermiParadox
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Humanity as the Most Powerful Civilization in the Universe
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00:05: What If Earth Became a Type III Civilization?
21:40: What If NASA Built a Moon City by 2032?
43:31: Nuking Every Planet in the Solar System
1:04:21: Neptune Is Full of Diamonds. What Happens If We Take Them All?
1:26:47: What If We Made These Exoplanets Habitable?
1:47:35: The Kardashev Scale: Type I to Type VII Civilizations
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What If the Universe Starts Shrinking?
This isn't the first time you've pondered this question. Imagine the Universe not expanding but shrinking, with spacetime contracting until it forms a singularity smaller than a YouTube Like button. After …
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This isn't the first time you've pondered this question. Imagine the Universe not expanding but shrinking, with spacetime contracting until it forms a singularity smaller than a YouTube Like button. After collapsing, there's a possibility it could explode outward, similar to a supernova, creating a new universe. This could be the 'Big Bounce' instead of the Big Bang, potentially occurring countless times.
Explore if the Universe starts shrinking and understand the implications on cosmic phenomena.
Check out DESI observatory's YouTube channel.
Timeline of Key Moments:
- 01:12 This is The End
- 04:51 Redshift & Hubble's Discovery
- 06:53 Is Dark Energy Weakening?
- 09:02 The Math Behind the End of the Universe
- 09:01 The Lifespan of The Universe
- 10:59 The Return
- 12:41 Galactic Collisions & Escalating Heat
- 14:19 The Final Countdown to Singularity
- 16:51 The Big Crunch
- 17:21 The Big Bounce & Cyclical Universes
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01:12: This is The End
04:51: Redshift & Hubble's Discovery
06:53: Is Dark Energy Weakening?
09:02: The Math Behind the End of the Universe
09:01: The Lifespan of The Universe
10:59: The Return
12:41: Galactic Collisions & Escalating Heat
14:19: The Final Countdown to Singularity
16:51: The Big Crunch
17:21: The Big Bounce & Cyclical Universes
#universe #shrinkinguniverse #spacetime #singularity #BigBounce #BigBang #cosmos #science #space #DESIobservatory
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The Insane Scale of the Ocean Explained
Our planet is hiding something remarkable from you. The ocean is vast, and if you dropped Mount Everest into the Mariana Trench, there'd still be over 2 km of water above its peak. Imagine if the ocean were …
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Our planet is hiding something remarkable from you. The ocean is vast, and if you dropped Mount Everest into the Mariana Trench, there'd still be over 2 km of water above its peak. Imagine if the ocean were devoid of water and you leapt down to the trench's bottom—it would take 3.5 minutes of free-falling to reach it.
But water is abundant. Earth is 71% water, yet we know little about its seabed. It's a high-pressure, alien landscape, deeper than our tallest mountains. Today, we reveal just how deep the ocean goes.
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00:00: The Insane Scale of the Ocean Explained
00:59: The Ocean
03:32: The Familiar World (0-30 meters)
07:05: The Edge of Light (30-200 meters)
09:59: The Deep Transition (200-1000 meters)
13:26: Beginning of the End (1000-4000 meters)
16:34: The Abyssal Desert (4,000-6,000 meters)
20:17: The Final Resting Place (6,000-11,000 meters)
#ocean #science #earth #water #hypothetical #MarianaTrench #seabed #MountEverest #depth
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Everything That Ever Happened to Planet Earth
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00:05: If All Humans Vanished, How Long Until Earth Erased Every Trace Of Us?
22:30: The Entire History of Earth Condensed into 27 Minutes
46:14: What If You Dug to the Earth’s Core?
1:03:11: What If You Lived in Every Era of Earth
1:25:30: What If We Traveled One Billion Years Into the Past?
#science #earth #extinction #humanextinction #earthhistory #hypothetical
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Mining Every Planet in the Solar System
Your data is being mined right now. Protect yourself with Proton VPN. Encrypt your online presence, unlock geo-blocked content, and browse privately. Get up to 70% off: Proton VPNEvery planet has something to …
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Your data is being mined right now. Protect yourself with Proton VPN. Encrypt your online presence, unlock geo-blocked content, and browse privately. Get up to 70% off: Proton VPN
Every planet has something to hide, buried treasure worth hundreds of trillions, lost to the eons of time. But what is even out there? And if we got there to see it, what could we do with it? And if we sold it, how much would it be worth?
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00:00:00: What If We Mined Every Planet in the Solar System?
00:01:15: The Moon
00:02:58: Mars
00:08:32: Mercury
00:10:28: Venus
00:12:22: The Asteroid Belt
00:15:37: Jupiter
00:18:03: Saturn
00:19:50: Uranus & Neptune
#solarsystem #space #science #mining #planet #cosmos #nasa
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Every Alien World We Could Actually Live On
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Enjoying this episode? Dive deeper into the world of science and discovery with Popular Science, the free streaming channel bringing you more of what you love from What If, plus epic explorations in engineering, rocket launches, movies, space, and Earth sciences.
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00:05: What If Voyager 1 Crashed on an Alien Planet?
22:56: What If Exoplanets Replaced Our Solar System?
41:55: What If You Landed on Kepler-22 b?
52:52: What If You Spent 5 Seconds on Triton, the Moon of Neptune?
1:10:09: What If We Discovered Alien Life on Mars?
#alienworlds #habitableplanets #Voyager1 #exoplanets #Kepler-22b #Triton #Mars #science #discovery #space
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