The image of the Serpens Nebula you see above, taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), not only looks mesmerizing but also captures a never-before-seen phenomenon. The aligned, elongated “protostellar outflows” visible in the top left support a longstanding theory. As suspected, the jets shoot out in alignment from the swirling disks of surrounding […]
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Widely shared image is from 2016 French protests, not Kenya in 2024
Kenya’s government scrapped plans to impose multiple tax hikes after a controversial bill sparked protests and led to hundreds of arrests. Mostly young protesters assembled over concerns that the East African country’s cost-of-living crisis would worsen under the levies proposed in the Finance Bill 2024, including taxes on bread purchases and car ownership. Users shared […]
Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)
In July 1054, astronomers in China documented a “guest star” in the sky that shone as brightly as Jupiter for nearly a month before gradually fading into invisibility. That “star” was, in fact, a cloud of debris blown into space by a dying star roughly 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. In the 19th […]
New Crab Nebula image captured by James Webb Space Telescope offers unique glimpse at ‘unusual’ ancient structure
A new photo of the Crab Nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, is helping scientists parse the composition and history of the ancient supernova remnant. The Crab Nebula, located in the constellation Taurus, is the result of a supernova explosion that was seen on Earth in 1054 C.E. and was bright enough to […]
Old image from Ukraine falsely linked to plane crash that killed Malawi’s vice president
Malawi’s former vice president Saulos Chilima was among nine people killed in a plane crash in June 2024. The tragedy saw social media users share posts with photographs purporting to show the crash site. However, the claims are misleading: the widely circulated image is a photo taken in Ukraine in 2020. “BREAKING NEWS: Malawi Vice […]
Altered image falsely shared as ‘US aircraft carrier damaged by Huthi attack’
A satellite image of an aircraft carrier has been altered to add a crater to its flight deck and then shared in social media posts that presented it as evidence of damage caused by Yemen’s Huthi rebels. The posts, viewed millions of times, surfaced after the Huthis claimed they had launched a missile attack on the […]
Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)
A new image and incredible timelapse show an aurora filling the view as Boeing Starliner astronauts performed a crucial in-flight test in space on Saturday (June 15). Starliner is currently at the International Space Station (ISS), and the crew was testing the capsule’s thrusters because problems had delayed its docking procedures; the first time issues […]
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)
It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a super star cluster! NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope has imaged a star cluster that is “super” in every way. Westerlund 1 is super-large, super-massive, super-young, super-close — and it is creating stars at a super-fast rate. Westerlund 1 is located around 13,000 light-years away from Earth — meaning […]
Brazilian highway image falsely shared online as Algeria
Following reports that Bangladesh’s forestry agency cut down scores of trees in a major national park, Facebook users began sharing a photo of a highway that passes through lush green hills which they said was an example of a mega project that did not lead to deforestation. But the posts falsely claimed the photo was […]