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Science & space fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about science & space. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,577 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo CambodiaScience & space

Video depicting Dinosaurs

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The video shows coatis near the Tikal Temple in Guatemala, not dinosaurs. The review says reverse-image searching and comparisons with other footage and images identified the animals as coatis, which can resemble dinosaurs from a distance.

Factcrescendo Sri LankaScience & space

A planetary alignment on January 25, 2025 !!

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

The review says the claim that the planets would all align on January 25 is misleading. It reports that six planets could be seen in the night sky during January and February, but that there would be “no special event on January 25th.”

Factcrescendo ThailandScience & space

เดือนกุมภาพันธ์ ปี 2025 จะมีวันอาทิตย์ วันจันทร์ วันอังคาร วันพุธ วันพฤหัสบดี วันศุกร์ และวันเสาร์ อย่างละ 4 ครั้ง ซึ่งจะเกิดขึ้นเพียงหนึ่งครั้งในรอบ 823 ปี

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says February 2025 has four of each weekday because it has 28 days, a normal pattern in non-leap years. It also says a February beginning on Saturday has occurred in 1997 and 2003, and is expected again in 2031, so the pattern is not unique to a 823-year cycle.

Fact CrescendoScience & space

823 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு ஒரு முறை மட்டுமே நடக்கும் அரிய பிப்ரவரி இந்த 2025ம் ஆண்டு நிகழ்கிறது. இந்த பிப்ரவரியில் தான் எல்லா கிழமைகளுக்கும் சமமான நாட்கள் உள்ளன என்று ஒரு பதிவு சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE

The review explains that February has 28 days in non-leap years, giving four of each weekday; this applies to February 2025 and also to 2026 and 2027. It concludes that the claim of an 823-year rarity is false: there is no need to wait 823 years for a February with four of every weekday.