Space and Astronomy

Space and Astronomy (Conspiracy theories): ATLAS's published dossiers, with their sources.

• Flat Earth OMEGA-3-18

  Conspiracy theories · Space and Astronomy

  The flat Earth theory holds that the planet is a flat surface, usually a disc, rather than a sphere, and that governments, space agencies and scientists conceal or fabricate the evidence of its roundness. The modern…

• Artificial celestial dome OMEGA-3-21

  Conspiracy theories · Space and Astronomy

  The "artificial celestial dome" thesis holds that the sky is not open space but a solid vault, a firmament, built over a flat Earth and closing it like a giant snow globe. Its supporters usually start from Genesis…

• Ice wall surrounds the world OMEGA-11-4

  Conspiracy theories · Geography and Forbidden Places · cross-cutting subject

  The "ice wall" thesis holds that the Earth is a disc centred on the North Pole and ringed by a wall of ice, which official maps call Antarctica, sometimes capped by a dome or "firmament". It goes back to the English…