Myth Busting

Often people have misconceptions about how universe and how it works. We see it in the form of false social media posts, in television or movies, or sometimes just plain word of mouth. Although they appear to be legit on the surface, but under scrutiny these “facts” can be just plain silly. Visit http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html for some examples.

Activity

To earn credit for this activity, write about a common space misconception that you had and explain where it came from and how you found out it was not accurate.