Weightless or Witless? Social Media Floats Wild "Project Anchor" Theories
From $89 billion "Project Anchor" rumours to eclipse-day hoaxes, the internet is having a field day with the impossible claim that NASA is "switching off" the laws of physics
The great gravity mystery. Illustraion courtesy Google Gemini |
Fun and science galore on social media following a wild claim that Earth will lose its gravity for seven seconds on August 12, 2026, due to a secret NASA project.
Rumours centre on "Project Anchor," which social media users claim is an $89 billion attempt to test if the planet can survive zero gravity. While there is no evidence of such an experiment, the date does coincide with a total solar eclipse.
Until then, social media has taken it upon itself to dissect the claim through every lens imaginable—from the hilarious and grim to the seriously scientific ones.
Tommy T on X comes to the point straightaway. "Gravity isn’t a switch, it’s geometry + mass," he says on X.
Then we have @blackevilgoblin who lets his imagination run wild.
@STEVEPMP has a word of advice!
"It's all an extended group Sci-Fi fan fiction exercise. Learn to discern," he writes on X.
Mark your calendars for August 12: the day we find out if we’re reaching for the stars or if this theory is just a total eclipse of common sense.
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