Mercury has a moon? Could the Jovian-Plutonian Gravitational Effect give you a floating feeling? Virgin Galactic has bought Pluto and has plans for getting it reinstated as a planet? Nope. April Fool hoaxes and jokes.
Astronomy April Fools
Not astronomy but I was reading about how the quiet earth has helped scientists measure small earthquakes, something that has not been possible in the past.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-shutdown-causing-earth-move-191004363.html
Angie, I hadn't seen the seismology angle of the pandemic crisis. How interesting. Thanks for that.
Have you seen the air quality maps from satellite images? Amazing! What a difference. People not too nervous to breathe are inhaling cleaner air.
Yes, I have seen air quality maps. Amazing...
Here is a link to some photos - there are ads on this page but there must be a tournament going on. It is Atlas Obscura's site.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/best-nasa-images-of-earth