{"id":420380,"date":"2026-01-21T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420380\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:37:24","slug":"seven-seconds-of-zero-gravity-not-so-fast-local-astronomy-official-debunks-social-media-rumors-of-earth-losing-gravity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420380\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Seconds of Zero Gravity? Not So Fast! Local astronomy official debunks social media rumors of Earth losing gravity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A viral social media video claims Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on August 12, 2026, citing a secret NASA project. Scientists say the claim is false.<\/p>\n<p>A TikTok video spreading rapidly online alleges that Earth will briefly lose gravity next year, claiming NASA is secretly preparing through a multi-billion-dollar initiative called \u201cProject Anchor.\u201d The post includes a specific date and budget, which helped it gain traction across platforms like X and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has denied the claims, explaining that Earth\u2019s gravity depends on its mass and cannot simply disappear. Experts confirm the only astronomical event on August 12, 2026, is a total solar eclipse visible from parts of Europe and the Arctic \u2014 an event with no effect on gravity.<\/p>\n<p>Fact-checkers say the viral video highlights the speed at which misinformation can spread online, emphasizing the importance of verifying scientific claims.<\/p>\n<p>Newswest 9 Sydnee Jolivette will update this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A viral social media video claims Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on August 12, 2026, citing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[199,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-420380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-physics","8":"tag-physics","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}