• Archaeologists May Have Found Jesus Christ’s Tomb After 2,000 Years

  Italian archaeologists excavating beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient burial landscape and tomb that appear to closely match descriptions found in the Gospels.

• Spanish Town Drowned in Tomatoes as 20,000 People Join Epic Food Fight

  Thousands of people from around the world descended on the Spanish town of Buñol to take part in the famous La Tomatina — the world’s largest annual “food fight.” For several hours, the town’s streets were transformed into a sea of tomatoes...

• Massage, Aromatherapy and “Hoof Care”: America Is Getting Its First Cow Spa for Humans

  Forget mud masks and cucumber slices. The latest wellness trend is inviting people to relax… like cows...

• “A Charming Oasis”: Island With Napoleonic Fortress Goes on Sale in the Venice Lagoon

  A tiny piece of land smaller than a football field has a rich history, but just how wealthy its future owner will need to be is being kept strictly under wraps. An island in the Venetian Lagoon, complete with its own Napoleonic-era fortress and lush gardens, is looking for a new owner....

• The Man Who Cycled 6,000 Miles for Love: The Incredible Story of P.K. and Lotta

  Six years ago in Gothenburg, documentary filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel received an unusual proposition. Two young people, a brother and sister named Karl and Emily von Schedvin, approached him and handed him a book...

• Billionaire at Center of Record $6.2 Billion Divorce Claims He Never Undressed or Had Sex With His Girlfriend

  A New Jersey financial tycoon at the center of what is reportedly the largest and most expensive divorce case in the state’s history is making some unusual claims about his personal life...

• Why Are We So Fascinated by Vampires? From Lestat to the Sexiest Bloodsuckers on TV

  Vampire Lestat has captivated fans around the world with his outrageous antics. But our obsession with sexy vampires goes far beyond forbidden love, bare torsos and a taste for LSD-laced blood, as The Guardian writes...

• Viral Park Kiss Costs Star Lawyer His Career

  A partner at prestigious law firm Wachtell Lipton who was caught passionately embracing a young colleague in Central Park is being forced to leave the firm. The viral video had already cost him a lucrative move to rival firm Gibson Dunn, sources told The Post...

NASA has officially dismissed a conspiracy theory claiming the space agency is hiding a catastrophic event that could kill millions.

The rumor began circulating after a supposed “leaked” document from November 2024 claimed a secret project called “Project Anchor” was preparing Earth for disaster. Conspiracy supporters said that on August 12 at 14:33 GMT (9:33 ET) the planet would lose gravity for seven seconds, triggering massive destruction and killing around 40 million people.

One user on X argued: “If it’s fake, why does it have a date, project name, and budget?”

But the whole story was quickly exposed as another online hoax. There is no trace of the alleged leaked document, and “Project Anchor” does not exist. NASA experts also stressed that the theory shows a basic misunderstanding of how gravity works.

The viral posts started with an Instagram account called @mr_danya_of, claiming NASA had allocated $89 million for Project Anchor and warning: “On August 12, 2026, the world will lose gravity for seven seconds. NASA knows. They’re preparing, but won’t say why.”

The post described an apocalyptic scenario: infrastructure collapse, economic disaster, mass panic, and 40 million deaths from falls.

According to the conspiracy, the “loss of gravity” would be caused by intersecting gravitational waves produced by colliding black holes. Some even claimed a total solar eclipse would occur over the Arctic Ocean at the same time.

But fact-checkers were swift. NASA told Snopes directly that: “Earth will not lose gravity on August 12, 2026.”

Experts explained that Earth’s gravity is determined by its mass. To lose gravity, the planet would have to lose mass — meaning part of its core, mantle, crust, oceans, or atmosphere would have to disappear. That simply cannot happen due to gravitational waves.

Professor William Alston, a black hole expert at the University of Hertfordshire, told the Daily Mail that black hole collisions create waves so weak they require ultra-sensitive instruments to detect — and they are not strong enough to affect Earth in any noticeable way.

“These waves pass through Earth and us, slightly stretching and compressing us, but the changes are tiny — thousands of times smaller than an atom.”

So, Project Anchor is just another viral hoax, and Earth’s gravity remains unchanged.

Follow NEWS.am STYLE on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram