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A photo of Buzz Aldrin, with grey hair and a beard in his old age, holding a microphone to his mouth while sitting in a chair. An American flag is behind him and he's wearing a suit and tie.

Did Buzz Aldrin say, 'The moon is not what you think'?

Written by: Emery Winter

Oct. 6, 2026

To find the truth, we examined YouTube videos spreading the claim.

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Screenshot of image from Facebook post. The usual moon, albeit larger than usual, appears with a white glowing ring around it in a grey sky. Just to its right and behind it is a brownish-colored moon that is perhaps a third of the size of the usual moon. The two moons appear to use different photos of the same moon, Earth's usual moon. A Snopes "false" icon has been placed at the top-left.

Don't expect to look up and see a '2-moon night' on Sept. 29, 2026

Written by: Emery Winter

Sept. 29, 2026

Posts about the alleged phenomenon referred to an asteroid that is not visible with an amateur t ...

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A Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump reads, "The Moon is Ours" followed by a U.S. Flag.

Did Trump claim the moon as US territory?

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Sept. 8, 2026

The U.S. is bound by a U.N. treaty that says countries can't "claim" celestial bodies like the m ...

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A dark, eight-legged rock formation with a rounded "body" lies on a surface of reddish dirt.

Does this image show creepy 'spider' on Mars?

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Aug. 23, 2026

Artificial intelligence had a hand in creating the image of the eight-armed "rock formation" on ...

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An image shows a view of Earth from space, with the planet taking up much of the frame.

Will Earth 'lose gravity' for 7 seconds on Aug. 12, 2026? NASA weighs in

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 10, 2026

People online claimed "Project Anchor" — a secret NASA document about the supposed cosmic event ...

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A screenshot of AI-generated video of SpaceX rocket, which appears as a white speck in the video, falling towards the moon to soon crash into it. In the top left corner is the Snopes "fake" rating icon

Does this video show SpaceX rocket crashing into the moon?

Written by: Emery Winter

Aug. 8, 2026

While scientists observed evidence that the upper stage of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon ...

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A photo of former President Joe Biden standing in the Oval Office for a photo with four Artemis II astronauts around him, two at either side. The crew includes a white woman, a black man, and two white men. One of the white men sports a Canadian flag on his sleeve.

Did Artemis II mission planning begin with Biden? We explored its roots

Written by: Emery Winter

April 16, 2026

The Artemis II mission fulfilled the original objective planned during Trump's first term and ha ...

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High definition image of the moon and its craters with a blue Earth visible in the background, partially obscured by shadow.

Fly me to the truth: 15 moon claims, fact-checked

Written by: Rae Deng

April 10, 2026

When the moon rumors hit your eye like a big pizza pie, Snopes is here for you.

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Side-by-side images, a real Artemis II moon photo on the left and a fake image to the right. The left photo is dominated by the far side of the moon. Above and to the moon's left is a crescent Earth. The right image is an AI-generated view of the moon out of a circular window, with the full Earth in view to the right and the sun to the right of that

Artemis II moon images: Separating fact from science fiction

Written by: Emery Winter

April 8, 2026

The astronauts of the Artemis II mission captured several stunning photographs of the moon, but ...

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Fake image of Cosmic Vine. It shows a chain of galaxies connected to each other without space between them running from top to bottom of image. The positioning of the galaxies gives the chain a helix-like shape.

Did scientists release this image allegedly showing 'Cosmic Vine' of galaxies? We unearthed the evidence

Written by: Emery Winter

March 23, 2026

While scientists discovered the Cosmic Vine using the James Webb Space Telescope, they have yet ...

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Who owns the moon? No one, despite Fox host Jesse Watters' claim

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Feb. 9, 2026

Watters appeared to claim the United States owns the moon, but an international treaty begs to d ...

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Claim that Earth is getting temporary 'second moon' stretches the truth

Written by: Joey Esposito

Jan. 23, 2026

The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the pla ...

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'Super-Earth' exoplanet discovery is real, but it isn't sending 'strange signals'

Written by: Joey Esposito

Jan. 19, 2026

The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals ...

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Will Earth lose gravity for 7 seconds on Aug. 12, 2026? The truth about alleged NASA doc

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 12, 2026

Social media users shared a cosmic claim about an alleged secret NASA document named "Project An ...

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Does Earth have a temporary second moon? What astronomers actually discovered

Written by: Joey Esposito

Jan. 9, 2026

Researchers believe the “quasi-satellite” has accompanied Earth since 1957.

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Screenshot of Instagram post about comet being an alien ship. Shows a generic asteroid behind a screengrab from a radio telescope and above text saying the comet is "most likely" an alien ship

Probing claim that interstellar object is 'most likely' an alien ship heading towards Earth

Written by: Emery Winter

July 31, 2025

3I/ATLAS is just the third recorded interstellar object to enter the solar system. However, the ...

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Discovery of 'super-Earth' exoplanet not as 'strange' as some reports claim

Written by: Joey Esposito

July 17, 2025

The discovery of a new exoplanet garnered some big, though somewhat misinformed, reactions online.

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A white man wearing a dark blue suit speaks at a podium outside.

Trump didn't say he's seen 'dark matter' and has 'best understanding of it'

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 30, 2025

Nor did he say, “I'm like Einstein, but with better hair.”

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An image claims that a speck of dust is halfway between the size of an atom and Earth.

Speck of dust measures halfway between size of atom and Earth?

Written by: Madison Dapcevich

April 21, 2025

Scientific experts dug deep into the math to debunk the claim.

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No evidence Tom Cruise, Young Thug and Kendall Jenner will be on next Blue Origin flight

Written by: Taija PerryCook

April 17, 2025

An X account claimed the next flight would launch in May 2025.

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