Conspiracy Corner: Nasa’s ‘Green Screen’ glitch that broke the internet

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─── 16:18 Wed, 08 Apr 2026

Image: NASA

The internet has officially accused Nasa of doing what every high school drama club has tried at least once – faking space with a green screen.

During a live Artemis II interview, a small floating toy (adorable, by the way) became the most controversial actor in space history. Why? Because in a phone recording of a TV broadcast, random letters started flickering across it. And just like that, case closed, apparently.

“Green screen!”
“Hollywood set!”
“NASA forgot to edit the scene properly!”

Honestly, if there was a boom mic floating past, Twitter would’ve declared the mission directed by Christopher Nolan. But here’s where reality quietly enters the chat: that viral clip? Not original footage.

It was a video of a TV screen, complete with live graphics, captions, and overlays. And sometimes, brace yourself, TV graphics glitch.

Shocking, we know. Experts say what people saw is likely a chromakey overlay issue – basically, when broadcast text and graphics briefly overlap moving objects, especially something bright or floating.

So instead of “Nasa forgot to render the CGI properly”, it’s more like “Your TV had a small identity crisis”. Even better? The actual Nasa footage doesn’t show any of this weirdness at all!

But here’s the real twist in this conspiracy: people want it to be fake. Because we’re living in a world where AI can generate videos in seconds, deepfakes look terrifyingly real, and somehow, a floating teddy bear becomes suspicious.

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So now, instead of seeing is believing, it’s more like “seeing is probably CGI, let’s check TikTok first.” Meanwhile, Artemis II is busy casually doing things like traveling further than humans have in decades, while the internet debates whether a plush toy passed its acting audition.