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Pictures mislead: Ample evidence the Earth is round and sea levels are rising | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe claim: Pictures show the Earth is flat, and sea levels haven’t changed A July 31 Facebook post...
Fact check: Earth's curvature first photographed in 1930s, contrary to post
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCorrections & Clarifications: This story was updated March 29 to note the first picture showing the...
Fact check: False claim that timelapse photo from South Pole proves Earth is flat
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe claim: Photo of solar eclipse taken at the South Pole proves Earth is flat The ancient Greeks...
Fact check roundup: Debunking the flawed science behind flat Earth claims
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHumans first theorized the Earth may be spherical in ancient Greece thousands of years ago, according to the American Physical Society. Since then, scientists have discovered an abundance of ...
Green comet 2023 – live: How best to see ‘awesome’ E3 in sky as it passes Earth at closest point
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoA green comet is flying past Earth for the first time in 50,000 years, offering skygazers a one-off...
How mapping Mars could help us live there
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne day, we could be Martians. Not the luminous green blobs with three eyes and wobbly antennae, but humans, born and raised on the Red Planet. NASA...
Plane Earth claim falls flat: Radar technology accounts for Earth’s curve | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe claim: Radar technology wouldn’t work if the Earth was a globe An April 20 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) features an image of a world map on a radar screen. "You think radar ...
What’s the point of a Leap Year? Why 2024 brings 29 days of February
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEvery so often, the shortest month of the year, February, is given one extra day, making it 29 days...
What is a Leap Year and when will it happen?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery four years, an additional day is added to the month of February, which makes 29 February is a Leap Year. However, 2023 is not a Leap Year, as this...
Over 100 space rocks collected by meteorite hunter Geoffrey Notkin are up for action today
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoa grey-silver porous rock Geoff Notkin was born in New York City and raised in London, England. He...