There’s a dent in Earth’s magnetic field, but NASA already knew about it ages ago. The South Atlantic Anomaly is a hazard for space flight and it’s only beginning to act weirder than anticipated. Hear Peter Dockrill out, as a pole-flip or worse may be on the horizon. On the other hand The Anomalist can only assure you there’s nothing to see with John Bett’s coverage of a Sighting Of Possible “World-Ending Asteroid” Over Russia Has People Perplexed. It’s an internet prank perpetuated from reddit, the image features the country Russia renowned for lying and fake news, and a whole lotta Photoshop. Why are we deigning to share it? Welp it’s a case study in the perpetuation of urban legends and conspiracy theories and worthy of review in that respect. (CS)
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