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Science & space fact checks
Explore claims publishers have checked about science & space. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.
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FactCheck.orgScience & space
Image shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
“The government just stated under oath that they are in possession of UFOs and nonhuman alien bodies.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
Foto muestra “El océano Atlántico y el pacífico frente a frente sin mezclarse”.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactScience & space
“The sun is not 93 million miles away … it is local and under a firmament dome.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactScience & space
Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
“Wikileaks releases moon landing cut scenes filmed in the Nevada desert.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
“Next week has a time change, full moon and Friday the 13th.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactScience & space
“Imágenes misteriosas muestran 'criatura de tipo alienígena de 10 pies de altura' flotando sobre los policías de Miami.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactScience & space
A photo shows an elephant carrying a lion cub to a pool of water so it wouldn’t die.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
