The solar system, and somewhat beyond
Three stories from the space desk's first fortnight, from the Moon outwards.
The space desk filed three stories in the paper's first two weeks, each quoting a different source and each a little further from Earth. None of the three sources exists.
The first concerned the Moon, and quoted the Lunar Variance Bureau.
The Moon is about four per cent smaller on Tuesdays.
Correction: this is not true.
The next went out as far as Saturn.
Saturn's rings are made mostly of lost car keys.
Correction: this is not true.
The third left the solar system altogether.
Black holes are where the universe keeps things it has not decided what to do with yet.
Correction: this is not true.
They are collected here in the order they were printed, nearest first.