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NASA wants us all to know that it feels very confident in predicting that the world won't end in 2012, despite what we may have read on the Internet.
"Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, Dec. 21, 2012 won't be the end of the world as we know it. However, it will be another winter solstice," NASA associates behind a new website called Beyond 2012 wrote Wednesday in a Google+ post.
Beyond 2012 is dedicated to debunking such pseudo-science. There is no Nibiru or Planet X that's been observed by astronomers and if they really were on a path to hit the Earth in a couple weeks, they'd be visible to the naked eye by now. 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," the site explains.
The Beyond 2012 social page also links to video of a recent Google+ hangout (see it below) in which a panel of scientists takes on specific 2012 doomsday claims and explains why they're so much bunk.
Panelists included:
Mitzi Adams, a solar/archaeoastronomer from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center;
Andrew Fraknoi, a science educator from Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif.;
Lika Guhathakurta, a heliophysicist from NASA Headquarters;
Paul Hertz, an astrophysicist from NASA Headquarters;
David Morrison, an astrobiologist from NASA's Ames Research Center; and
Don Yeomans, an asteroid scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
At the beginning of the discussion, Morrison said that while 2012 doomsday theories were "a joke to many people" and there was no real imminent threat to the Earth, it was nevertheless "appropriate for NASA to answer questions" from individuals taking such talk seriously, if only to ease their fears and in some cases, prevent them from harming themselves..
Originally posted by HowSoYouSay
Not all government agencies are conspiracies and I trust NASA much more than I trust someone with a telescope in their backyard and a computer.
Originally posted by xxshadowfaxx
Does it strike anyone as odd that NASA is going so far out of their way to debunk dec 21?
If nothing is going to happen, why bother acknowledging it at all?
This has me concerned.
Originally posted by xxshadowfaxx
Does it strike anyone as odd that NASA is going so far out of their way to debunk dec 21?
If nothing is going to happen, why bother acknowledging it at all?
This has me concerned.
Originally posted by christafinias
i also when Nasa was able to predict the future? when man kind can barely predict the weather
I am glad that NASA is actually taking steps to protect us from either truth
Originally posted by Saucerwench
reply to post by Skywatcher2011
I am glad that NASA is actually taking steps to protect us from either truth
Skywatcher, you should not be glad. Those who view us as a bunch of dangerous children, are the ones who are the mentaly challenged, and profoundly dangerous. Please re think about yourself as a capable grownup, versus the mindlessly tyrannical.
Originally posted by HowSoYouSay
reply to post by Unity_99
So if the ideas of what is supposed to happen on the 21st don't happen, will that cause people to disbelieve what they have put all the energy into learning and believing for all this time? Will astrology cease to exist if it turns out to be false?