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  • Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Suggest Sending Elon Musk To The Sun -- It's A Doctored Video

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    Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggest that Elon Musk go to the sun to study climate change? No, that's not true: The audio and the visual backdrop of this video clip have been digitally altered. In the real interview that this footage was taken from, on the CBS program "Face the Nation," Ocasio-Cortez did not speak about sending Musk to…

    • Oct 30, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Suggest Sending Elon Musk To The Sun -- It's A Doctored Video Deepfake
  • Fact Check: Moon Is NOT Inhabited By 250 Million 'Humanoid Aliens'

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    Did a "confidential source" find more than 250 million "humanoid aliens" living on the moon? No, that's not true: NASA told Lead Stories they have not yet found any sound evidence of extraterrestrial life. The key word "humanoid" implies that these aliens are similar to humans. Since humans can't survive on the moon, "humanoid aliens" would also not be able…

    • Mar 8, 2023
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Moon Is NOT Inhabited By 250 Million 'Humanoid Aliens' Uninhabitable
  • Fact Check: Definition Of Word 'Horizontal' Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat

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    Did the word "horizon" come from the word "horizontal," and is this evidence that the Earth must be flat? No, that's not true: The word "horizon" came first, and the adjective "horizontal" followed. The adjective describes something "relating to or near the horizon." The word "horizon" originated from the ancient Greek term "ὁρίζων κύκλος" (horízōn kýklos), which means "separating (or…

    • Feb 24, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Definition Of Word 'Horizontal' Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat Limit Of View
  • Fact Check: Time-Lapse Video Of Alaskan Midnight Sun Does NOT Prove The Earth Is Flat -- Digitally Altered

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    Does a time-lapse video of the midnight sun in Alaska show that the sun appears to get smaller as it approaches the horizon -- thus proving that this is a "local sun" that is very close to Earth in a closed environment, part of the firmament? No, that's not true: The footage of slightly more than one full day has…

    • Feb 16, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Time-Lapse Video Of Alaskan Midnight Sun Does NOT Prove The Earth Is Flat -- Digitally Altered Altered Video
  • Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns

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    Is global warming caused by the solar system having two suns? No, that's not true: An astronomy expert and the National Weather Service told Lead Stories this claim is "completely false." The claim appeared in a video on Instagram on November 28, 2022. The caption for the posted video read: Just hanging out by the Great Spinx's paw dropping 4BIDDENKNOWLEDGE.…

    • Dec 2, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns Only One Sun
  • Fact Check: The Sun Is NOT Smaller Than Earth, And It Does NOT Rotate Around Earth

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    Is the sun smaller than the Earth, and does it rotate around the Earth? No, that's not true: For centuries, scientists have shown that everything in our solar system, including the Earth, revolves around the sun, which is more than 100 times larger than the Earth. The claim that the Earth dominates the sun appeared in an Instagram post on…

    • Oct 21, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: The Sun Is NOT Smaller Than Earth, And It Does NOT Rotate Around Earth Sun Facts
  • Fact Check: Post Does NOT Show Hubble Telescope And A Satellite

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    Do two images in a social media post show the Hubble Telescope and a satellite? No, that's not true: The Instagram post shows a NASA observatory plane, and a balloon that was used to provide mobile Internet service in Africa. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on October 20, 2021, with a picture of a NASA plane and an…

    • Oct 21, 2021
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Post Does NOT Show Hubble Telescope And A Satellite Up up and away
  • Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Warn Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week

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    Did NASA warn that two asteroids could cause atmospheric explosion over Earth this week? No, that's not true: NASA did not issue a warning about these asteroids. The claim originated in an article (archived here) published by The Mind Unleashed on March 18, 2020, under the title "NASA Warns Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week". It…

    • Mar 20, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Warn Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week No Danger!
  • Fake News: Pluto Has NOT Been Officially Reclassified As A Planet

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    A website by the name of "Untold Universe" got an unexpected viral hit in January 2018 with an article (archived here) titled "Pluto Has Been Officially Reclassified As A Planet!". It claimed the former ninth planet of the solar system which had been reclassified as a "dwarf planet" in 2006 was restored to its former title by the International Astronomical…

    • Jan 29, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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