How a Reddit Claim From 2022 Still Dominates Coverage of a Real Solar Alignment

On July 8, 2026, about 99% of Earth experiences daylight or twilight together—a real phenomenon tied to where people live. But this alignment happens daily from mid-May through mid-July. Time and Date fact-checked this in 2022, yet National Geographic, The Washington Post, and Al Jazeera anchor their stories to July 8 alone, recycling a viral Reddit myth despite years of corrections.