The curious minds at What If investigate what would happen if the Earth stopped spinning instantly, exploring tidal waves, windstorms, and global devastation.

Of course, it would be bad, but just how bad? A single day on Earth would last an entire year, with half of the planet in darkness for six months while the other half would have nothing but light. It ...

I will assume you're referring to what would happen if Earth stopped rotating all at once, without any gradual reduction in velocity. In that event, most things on Earth would be almost immediately ...

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...

But what if something out there has been sending a steady signal toward Earth for decades — and we’re only now realizing it?

Researchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a ...

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It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...

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On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to one million satellites to power data centres in space. The proposal ...