Author Topic: NASA debunks 12/21/12 end of the world (Read 4189 times)

islander · « **on:** December 10, 2012, 09:46:40 AM »

Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End

Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know, however, it will be another winter solstice.

Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, the claims behind the end of the world quickly unravel when pinned down to the 2012 timeline.

Below, NASA Scientists answer questions on the following 2012 topics:

End of the World
'Prediction' Origins
Mayan Calendar
Total Blackout
Planetary Alignment
Nibiru/Planet X/Eris
Polar Shift
Meteor Strike
NASA Science
Solar Storms

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2012, 09:47:57 AM »

Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.

Answer (A): The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2012, 09:51:05 AM »

Q: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?

A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012 and linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2012, 09:56:22 AM »

Q: Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?

A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:02:49 AM »

Q: Is NASA predicting a "total blackout" of Earth on Dec. 23 to Dec. 25?

A: Absolutely not. Neither NASA nor any other scientific organization is predicting such a blackout. The false reports on this issue claim that some sort of "alignment of the Universe" will cause a blackout. There is no such alignment (see next question). Some versions of this rumor cite an emergency preparedness message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. This is simply a message encouraging people to be prepared for emergencies, recorded as part of a wider government preparedness campaign. It never mentions a blackout.

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:03:44 AM »

Q: Could planets align in a way that impacts Earth?

A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. One major alignment occurred in 1962, for example, and two others happened during 1982 and 2000. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.

"There apparently is a great deal of interest in celestial bodies, and their locations and trajectories at the end of the calendar year 2012. Now, I for one love a good book or movie as much as the next guy. But the stuff flying around through cyberspace, TV and the movies is not based on science. There is even a fake NASA news release out there..." - (Don Yeomans, NASA senior research scientist)

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:04:33 AM »

Q: Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction?

A: Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles.

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:05:19 AM »

Q: What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the Earth's crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours?

A: A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesnâ€™t cause any harm to life on Earth. Scientists believe a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia.

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:06:00 AM »

Q: Is the Earth in danger of being hit by a meteor in 2012?

A: The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today NASA astronomers are carrying out a survey called the Spaceguard Survey to find any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs. All this work is done openly with the discoveries posted every day on the NASA Near-Earth Object Program Office website, so you can see for yourself that nothing is predicted to hit in 2012.

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islander · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:06:35 AM »

Q: How do NASA scientists feel about claims of the world ending in 2012?

A: For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012.

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islander · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:08:06 AM »

Q: Is there a danger from giant solar storms predicted for 2012?

A: Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

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islander · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:50:33 AM »

2012: Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All The (Geologic) Time

Schematic illustration of Earth's magnetic field.
Credit/Copyright: Peter Reid, The University of Edinburgh

more at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-poleReversal.html

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islander · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:54:27 AM »

2012: Shadow of the Dark Rift

Thick dust clouds block our night-time view of the Milky Way, creating what is sometimes called the Dark Rift. The fact that -- from the viewpoint of Earth -- the sun aligns with these clouds, or the galactic center, near the winter solstice is no cause for concern. Credit: A. Fujii

more at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-alignment.html

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:55:31 AM »

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islander · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2012, 11:00:34 AM »

oops, we got the date wrong...

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islander · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2012, 11:05:06 AM »

2012: Fear No Supernova

This image of Supernova 1987A was taken by Hubble and shows a string of 'cosmic pearls' surrounds the exploding star.
Supernova 1987A was the closest exploding star seen in modern times. It occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits our own Milky Way. Images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope were combined to make this composite of the blast's expanding debris. Credit: NASA / ESA / P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

more at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-supernova.html

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islander · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2012, 11:26:41 AM »

Supervolcanoes: Not a Threat For 2012

In Yellowstone, the rim of a supervolcano caldera is visible in the distance. Credit: National Park Service.

more at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-superVolcano.html

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2012, 11:42:03 AM »

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islander · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2012, 01:20:03 PM »

2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility

Should we be concerned about solar storms in 2012? Heliophysicist Alex Young from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center sorts out truth from fiction. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SVS

Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather â€“ great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun â€“ some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. Citing the accurate fact that solar activity is currently ramping up in its standard 11-year cycle, there are those who believe that 2012 could be coincident with such a flare.

But this same solar cycle has occurred over millennia. Anyone over the age of 11 has already lived through such a solar maximum with no harm. In addition, the next solar maximum is predicted to occur in late 2013 or early 2014, not 2012.

more at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-superFlares.html

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Pikoy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2012, 02:00:36 PM »

Indi man gid matapos hang kalibutan blah...ang tawo lang ang matapos,hang aton lang Ginoo ang nasayud sang tanan,..kani gid mga tao sang nag una2x mga hanggaw gid kini sila blahh..mas gamhanang pa silang sang aton Panginoon haw? indi gid ako naniniwala sang mga prediksyon diksyon na iyan..mga taong satanisim lang ang nag buhat2x ana..kay hang aton Ginoo indi gid siya makamaung manghadlok sang iyang mga anak ya. iyang ginabuglayan paghimo ang kalibutang unya iya lang tapuson indi ha, ang mutoo gid ani mga myembro sang satanas ug sila lang ang matapos hindi gid ang kalibutan nga giampingan sang aton nga Dios..

Hello World! Dios nos bendiga a todos..

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islander · « **Reply #20 on:** December 10, 2012, 04:56:20 PM »

Indi man gid matapos hang kalibutan blah...ang tawo lang ang matapos,hang aton lang Ginoo ang nasayud sang tanan,..kani gid mga tao sang nag una2x mga hanggaw gid kini sila blahh..mas gamhanang pa silang sang aton Panginoon haw? indi gid ako naniniwala sang mga prediksyon diksyon na iyan..mga taong satanisim lang ang nag buhat2x ana..kay hang aton Ginoo indi gid siya makamaung manghadlok sang iyang mga anak ya. iyang ginabuglayan paghimo ang kalibutang unya iya lang tapuson indi ha, ang mutoo gid ani mga myembro sang satanas ug sila lang ang matapos hindi gid ang kalibutan nga giampingan sang aton nga Dios..

Hello World! Dios nos bendiga a todos..

true gyod ka, piks, oldataym ini haw.

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Pikoy · « **Reply #21 on:** December 10, 2012, 05:02:54 PM »

inihaw na bangus sakto gyud sang panimahaw dam..

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islander · « **Reply #22 on:** December 10, 2012, 05:13:05 PM »

salamat nga ang imong "dam" waray "n", as in "damn".

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Pikoy · « **Reply #23 on:** December 10, 2012, 05:34:06 PM »

salamat nga ang imong "dam" waray "n", as in "damn".

Nganong Gihikaw Mo man "Dam"

Wala ko pagadamha nga ikaw moabot sa akong kiliran.
Arom mohapuhap ug mualim sa samaran ko nga dughan.
Imong giwakli ang nag dagitum nga panganud sa akong panumdoman,
Nga kanunayng naga babag sa dalan nga akong gi lakwan.

Gikalipay ko man ang imong paghiabot
Apan mas subo ang imong paghikalimot
Nagtoo ako nga ang kalipay ko dili na matapos
Apan sa usa mo lang ka kidhat imong gipakyas kining pagbating nag uros- uros.

Abi ko ba ug ikaw nagpakatakus sa imong mga saad!
Nga ako imong unungan sa kasakit ug himaya.
Apan diay usa ikaw ka bakakon!
Imong gi samaran ang dughan niining cebuanong mapinanggaon.

Sa imong pagbiya, imong gihikaw kanako ang tanan!
Kay sa imong paglakaw imong gidala ang adlaw ug ang bulan.
Nawad-an sa kahayag ang nag kilum-kilum kong balatian.
Karon ako ania niining ngitngit nga suok ug nag bangutan,

NGANONG GIHIKAW MO madam?

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #24 on:** December 10, 2012, 07:51:28 PM »

inihaw na bangus sakto gyud sang panimahaw dam..

Aron di mahurot sigihan lang og tilapya...

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islander · « **Reply #25 on:** December 11, 2012, 03:47:22 PM »

NGANONG GIHIKAW MO madam?

unsay nakaon nimo, ondoy piks? aw, mao bitaw nga makalingaw ning tb kay daghang kurokuto, hehehe.

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islander · « **Reply #26 on:** December 11, 2012, 03:47:52 PM »

Aron di mahurot sigihan lang og tilapya...

guru sa mga kurokuto ay. thy name is tilapyo.

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fdaray · « **Reply #27 on:** December 11, 2012, 07:25:09 PM »

12-21-12, ang giingon nga matapos ang kalibutan, is a lucky number. Magpatad mo sa last two digit og 12 unya e rumble.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #28 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:49:51 AM »

inihaw na bangus sakto gyud sang panimahaw dam..

Mas gusto niya tawgon og "mad", dili "dam"...

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #29 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:53:12 AM »

NGANONG GIHIKAW MO madam?

Nganong wa nimo GIKWENTAS?

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #30 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:55:51 AM »

guru sa mga kurokuto ay. thy name is tilapyo.

Thy decision, Madame, is unconstitutional and infelicitous withal...

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