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Space Nonsense

Everything above the atmosphere, reported badly on purpose.

7 fabrications 3 corrections 4 corrections pending 0 lawsuits so far

AI-generated satirical image: the planet Mars rendered as a glistening rotisserie object with a small spacecraft approaching. Not a real photograph. See Our Method.
Mars, photographed at the exact moment nobody checked. — generated image; not a real event. AI-GENERATED IMAGE — OBVIOUSLY FAKE

Confirmed!

Mars found to be entirely made of ham

Scientists describe the finding as “salty.” Behind the click: where the exaggeration in a science headline usually enters, and it is not the newsroom.

Correction 0027 · 509 words · The hedges usually die at the press office, three steps before anyone writes a headline.

  • Astronomers confirm the night sky is a screensaver

    The stars reportedly reset every 40 minutes. Behind the click: what “confirmed” means in physics, and the famous result that wasn't.

    No. 0026 · 518 words · What “confirmed” means in physics, and what it doesn't

  • Weather presenter admits she has been inventing Tuesdays

    Twelve years. Nobody checked. Behind the click: what a 70% chance of rain actually means, and the two things it definitely doesn't.

    No. 0025 · 518 words · What a 70% chance of rain actually means

  • Gravity now optional in parts of Nevada

    Officials advise residents to hold something. Anything.

    Correction pending

  • Earth quietly renting a second moon on a monthly plan

    Cancel any time. Early termination fee is described as “considerable.”

    Correction pending

  • Sun announces it will be taking Tuesdays off

    Full statement expected Thursday, weather permitting.

    Correction pending

  • Astronaut returns from orbit, has forgotten what space was

    Debrief lasted four minutes. Most of it was shrugging.

    Correction pending