NASA has denied claims of an article circulating online that it
confirmed a total blackout on Earth for six days in December due to a
solar storm.
Zee media reports that's an article titled “NASA confirms earth will experience 6 days of total
darkness in December 2014” originated from an entertainment website
Huzlers.com. Since then, the story has gone viral making netizens to
believe it was for real.
“NASA has confirmed that the Earth will experience 6 days of almost
complete darkness and will happen from the dates Tuesday the 16 –
Monday the 22 in December. The world will remain, during these three
days, without sunlight due to a solar storm, which will cause dust and
space debris to become plentiful and thus, block 90% sunlight,” read the
bogus report.
Contrary to the website's claim, a close scrutiny into the NASA official
site also reveals that the agency never released any official statement.
Ironically, the website, Huzlers.com, on the other hand, openly describes
itself as a satire site on its front page and that it shouldn't ever be taken
seriously.
Without performing a double-check, many people had even shared the link
of a YouTube video of NASA chief Charles Bolden supposedly warning
the people about the upcoming darkness.
Hence, people can now breathe a sigh of relief as there is no truth in the
story and it's merely a fake.
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