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Doomsday 2012 Is Definitely Not On 21st December - NASA Engineer Explains
Doomsday predictions and discussions following it about fulfilling your last wishes before we all die this december have become very commonplace. The coming of this apocalypse and the reasons why people are claiming so are numerous, but do they have a base? Legendary Carl Sagan, the great American Astronomer, said, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." How many evidences do we have? Well, the recent video released by NASA debunks the theories regarding the 'end of the world' in December 2012.
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Another scientific phenomena that we hear every now and then is the 'Solar Storms'. Yeomans explained that Sun's activity completes a cycle and reaches a maximum every 11 years and the next time that happens is not anytime before May 2013. Going further, he also explains why doomsday is so not happening this december by clearing doubts about planetary alignments, shifting of axis & magnetic poles. The last time the magnetic poles shifted was well around 740,000 years ago, he adds. See the video and nod because it's an engineer talking -
Don Yeomans, a NASA Engineer from Jet Propulsion Laboratory [Near Earth Object Program] spoke on behalf of NASA through a video. He explains one how the end of the Mayan Calendar System is no different than the end of our usual calendar year on 31st December. He demystifies the theory around colliding of the Earth with Niburu or Planet X, which is thought to be four times bigger than the Earth. Putting it simply, he says if there was such a planet, thousands of astronomers who scan the night sky daily would have seen it long ago. People also have their doubts regarding NASA keeping things 'TOP SECRET'. Well, with people more keen on 'leaking' information these days, that seems quite improbable.
Another scientific phenomena that we hear every now and then is the 'Solar Storms'. Yeomans explained that Sun's activity completes a cycle and reaches a maximum every 11 years and the next time that happens is not anytime before May 2013. Going further, he also explains why doomsday is so not happening this december by clearing doubts about planetary alignments, shifting of axis & magnetic poles. The last time the magnetic poles shifted was well around 740,000 years ago, he adds. See the video and nod because it's an engineer talking -