Would You Have Believed in This Bizarre Moon Hoax? Millions Did!

During the week of August 25, 1835, the world was treated to a fantastic story of scientific discoveries by the famous British astronomer, Sir John Herschel. He had discovered life on the moon or so the readers of The New York Sun were told, in a series of articles now known as the Great Moon Hoax. This is the story of how one newspaper fooled the world.