17 ‘facts’ about space and Earth that you thought were true—but have been debunked by science

Written by Dave Mosher

Whenever someone asks me about outer space, I get animated.

No surprise there: I’ve made a living speaking to experts and writing about the topic for more than a decade, and have read obsessively on these topics for much longer than that.

I’ve heard a lot of peculiar “facts” over the years — and even believed and shared a few myself — that I eventually learned were totally false.

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Pic of the week: Green monster swallows the sky over Pennsylvania

Written by Kathryn Prociv

Cue the greenage! It’s midsummer, which means daily afternoon thunderstorms that fill the sky with dark clouds, heavy rain, and scenes like this one out of Pennsylvania. While we may be out of the primary severe season that typically lasts from April through June, Mother Nature continues to prove you don’t need a severe or supercell thunderstorm to produce impressive views and storm structure.

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After 40 years, Voyager spacecraft still setting records

Written by Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing the final frontier.

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New Paper: Investigative Journalism Professor Slams Today’s ‘Fake News’ Climate Science Reporting

Written by Kenneth Richard

Professor: Climate Journalism Awash In ‘Emotional Propaganda’, ‘Mythological Constructs’, and Too Much Reliance On Models, ‘Consensus’

A University of Wollongong (Australia) investigative journalism professor with a research interest in ecological science and exposing environmental fraud has just published a scathing indictment of the climate science journalism industry in the academic journal Asia Pacific Media Educator.

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