Evidence that proves the moon landings weren’t faked

It's among the most persistent conspiracy theories out there - and there's a lot of them to choose from.

And yes, this is about the moon landings.

However, there is also evidence to suggest the opposite.

The first conspiracy on our list is the theory that the shadows in the landing photos showed that images had been faked.

Because the shadows are not parallel, this was taken as proof that the images were not real.

National Space Centre Discovery Director, Professor Anu Ojha, said in a 2019 lecture at Royal Museums Greenwich that you will have seen this effect at some point in your life.

"You have all seen this phenomenon yourself, where, because of perspective, parallel lines appear to be non-parallel." he said.

"If you are trying to reduce on to a two-dimensional plane a three-dimensional situation, you can make lines do all sorts of weird things. Artists have been using this for centuries."

And, harking back to the 'no wind in space' theory, there's also an explanation for that.

However, many skeptics have been quick to claim that the flag appears to affected by wind - which doesn't happen in space.

But it would appear that the devil is in the detail as a telescopic pole has actually been set up to unfurl the flag.

Professor Ojha explained: "Because it’s been set up like this, it appears to be waving in the wind," adding that it also has a lot of wrinkles because it 'literally been screwed up for four days en route to the Moon'.

And the Institute of Physics also says that weak gravity on the Moon caused the fluttering effect.

Another popular theory is that the astronauts would have be fried by radiation due to the 'Van Allen' belt around Earth.

These are highly energetically charged particles from solar wind, and some believed that humans couldn't pass through without being exposed to high levels of radiation.

So, they crafted the spacecraft in an aluminium shell, insulating it. And readings from nine missions showed that the average radiation exposure was 0.46 - which is 10 times stronger than radiation from exposure to X-rays.

However, Professor Ojha added that if you are going to travel through a Van Allen belt then you are going to do it fast.

"Travelling through the Van Allen radiation belt if you are going fast enough – which you need to be if you’re going to the Moon – is no problem whatsoever." he said.

The expedition has also left physical evidence behind on the Moon.

We also have Moon rocks taken from the landings, which have been verified by lunar laboratories around the world.

Part of the problem is that there is so much information floating around online that it can become increasingly challenging to distinguish trustworthy information.

Professor Ojha said that 'this information ocean' is getting 'more turbulent' as time goes on.

"The only tools we have to navigate through this maelstrom are the critical thinking skills that we are trying to develop in people as scientists." he said.