“India is going to extract gold from the sun by sending Aditya-L1 mission spacecraft”
What FACTLY found
The Sun contains gold and other elements due to cosmic events. However, the extreme conditions within the Sun make it impossible for us to access or extract any materials from it. Further, The Aditya-L1 mission mission’s purpose is to focus on studying the Sun and its impact on our space environment but not to study the sun in order to extract gold from it
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 October 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.