Ah yes, the classic internet fever dream: on August 12, Earth magically yeets gravity for seven whole seconds, flinging everyone into space before slamming back down for 40 million dramatic deaths—unless NASA’s secret $89 billion “Project Anchor” saves the day. Spoiler: it’s 100% certified nonsense. NASA politely face-palmed and explained that gravity doesn’t take coffee breaks; you’d need to delete a chunk of the planet’s mass for that chaos, and a solar eclipse (the actual August event) won’t do squat. But hey, at least the conspiracy cooks up better blockbuster plots than most Hollywood scripts. Bonus: wear eclipse glasses, not panic helmets.
NASA responds to theory that the Earth will lose gravity for 7 seconds this year