Scared Of Planet Nibiru? NASA Would Like To Help
(NPR) - According to numerous sources on the Internet, in 2012 a planet called Nibiru will collide with Earth, resulting in the extinction of the human race. Or the Earth's magnetic poles will flip, causing the rotation of the planet to reverse, resulting in the extinction of the human race. Or the Earth will fall into something called a "dark rift" in the Milky Way — resulting in the extinction of the human race.
So, what's NASA doing about it?
"NASA has nothing to do with the Planet Nibiru, because it doesn't exist," NASA astrobiologist David Morrison tells NPR's Guy Raz. "What I am doing is trying to answer all these people who are really scared, and see if we can't get some facts out to counteract the mythology on the Internet."
Morrison writes a column called "Ask an Astrobiologist" on NASA's Web site. Some years ago, he started receiving questions from people genuinely worried about what may happen in 2012.
The questions aren't as funny as you might think. "I've had three from young people saying they were contemplating committing suicide," says Morrison. "I've had two from women contemplating killing their children and themselves. I had one last week from a person who said, 'I'm so scared, my only friend is my little dog. When should I put it to sleep so it won't suffer?' And I don't know how to answer those questions."
Morrison now maintains a 2012 FAQ, where he debunks the doomsday scenarios.
Magnetic poles flipping? "The Earth reverses its magnetic polarity once every 400,000 to 500,000 years. There's no reason to think it will happen now, [and] no reason to think it will cause a problem if it did," he says.
Dark rift? "The dark rift is just a place where there are dust clouds in the Milky Way. I can't imagine where someone decided to be afraid of that."
The only real proof for many 2012 believers will come on Jan. 1, 2013 — but Morrison says that won't be the end of doomsday hoaxes.
"The Planet Nibiru was predicted to hit the Earth in May of 2003," he says. "As far as I know, it didn't. And someone just pushed reset, and now it's coming in 2012. So I don't think we'll ever be rid of apocalyptic stories about Planet X and the end of the world."
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I like the photo. And the word "nigh."
Yes, "nigh" is even more frightening than "near." It has a very Old King James feel to it.
By the way - the website that was bespoken of (eh, Gulliver - "bespoken") is: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers
Nasa reported the finding of a tenth planet in Sept 1984 called planet x. there are many publications on this finding. NASA is more into secrets than the truth.
whats up with the water on the moon. India is able to find water without even going there?
A42: Well, I guess NASA couldn't fool you. Yes, planet X will be crashing into the earth in 2012. Since you won't be needing it, can I have your car and your stereo?
Yes, but has anyone checked with the Masons?
Nibiru? Also called Naboo, it's the planet inhabited by the Gungans.
Euripides
Nanoo nanoo, and a good day to you!
Great Post, you would think that after every thing from The End Is Near to Y2K people might learn a bit og healthy skepticism.
CA04_Voter: Not me. I believe everything I'm told from anyone, anywhere all the time. Roland is probably right - somehow we've got to connect the dots and include Nibiru's obvious hostility with it's infiltration by the Catholic Church, the Freemasons, and the Illuminati. There must be some connection. I think the American people deserve to know.
Is the planet Nibiru one of the planets that orbits Kolob?
Euripides,
Don't forget the lizard people.
No, Skeptic. Kolob is actually a star in the Battlestar Galacta-galaxy. Light years past Nibiru. According to the famed "Book of Abraham", (see renowned astronomer Joesph Smith) Kolob is the nearest star to the throne/residence of God Himself.
Joszef: It is my understanding that the lizard people still have a while to reach the Earth from Alpha Draconis. Sadly, their presence can already be felt because as we all know - the reptilians maintain their control through the generation of fear and negative emotion, which is food to these entities, by manufacturing conflicts, primarily wars.
I would like to be the first to welcome our new lords and masters, the Lizard People, to planet earth. Let me just say that I, for one, am glad to see your arrival. If you need anything - paper towels, a ride, or maybe human blood to consume in a sheer orgy of mastication - just ring the bell.
Euripides,
The Lizard People have already reached earth and are living among us dressed as humans. Lizard people such as Bill Clinton have infiltrated our highest offices and are preparing earth for the takeover. Other Lizard People engage in misdirection by posting conspiracy theory blogs on local newspaper websites. I have it on high authority that A4T is is one such agent.
We mammals must unite and be increasingly vigilant! Beware of anyone who raises the thermostat on a cold day.
JP... aren't the government vaccination programs set up to help alter our human DNA so that your lizard people can digest us better after their invasion forces arrive from Nibiru? I heard these forces only arrive every 26,500 years as our planets pass close enough to each other for the lizard people's ships.. which are ladened with millions of hungry lizards... and these lizard ships can only travel short distances with so much weight on board. I heard they eat humans and drink oil....
And thats exactly why I didn't get the HN1 flu shot...I am not going to get eaten by no stinking lizard...I know...lets let Mikey try it....
Obewan,
It is a popular myth that lizard people eat humans. Humans are far to large for a Lizard Person to swallow whole, which is why these reptilian humanoids eat kittens.
The H1N1 vaccine is actually designed to fight the lizard people by generating antibodies which help us resist their emotion control brainwaves. The Lizard People's goal is to heat the earth, thereby making it a more suitable environment for cold blooded animals. So far we have been doing their work for them, but there are heroes among us. Al 'Lizard Slayer" Gore has been protecting humanity, initially by keeping tabs on Clinton (a covert Lizard Person), later running against Lizard Person George Bush (he lost despite a defect in Bush's logic module), and currently by increasing awareness of global warming.
This sounds like a cross between star wars and Harry Potter. Didn’t this come from the Mia’s Calendar?
Hey, Does anybody know where Birch is?
Leapin' Lizards! He's gone!
Patrick,
I don't know Mia nor have I ever looked at her calendar. I think the 2012 apocalypse ideas stem from the Maya calendar. The Maya civilization was a middle American civilization which ended when the Spanish showed up. To my knowledge the Maya calender ends in 2012. Some people believe this is because the world will end in 2012, but I think that the calendar maker was unable to count to infinity so he settled on 2012.
On a side note, the only human known to have counted to infinity is Chuck Norris, who counted to infinity...twice.
Patrick...maybe like JP said...they can't eat us whole and maybe Birch's new wife is one of the lizard people and she is just nibbling on him and taking very tiny bites. Maybe the Maya calendar just resets for the next 26,500 year procession cycle. I kind of thought it odd that they could understand the 26,500 year cycle...so far long a go in a far distant land ...probably when the earth was inhabited by those lizard people from Nibiru. How else would the Maya know the secrets of the stars.........and now that I think about it... I too have been nibbled on a few times myself by these shelizards....how long have these creatures been here JP?
What archaeologists have is a theoretical reconstruction of the Mayan calendar, since it hasn't been in use for hundreds of years. Any eschatological theories based on the Mayan calendar would therefore have to be adjusted because we are probably off by a few years.
What we do know is that there was no such thing as an initial point of departure for the Maya calendar, because to the Maya, time was seen as continuous and cyclical; without beginning or end. Once any given cycle ends, another one begins, and so on, endlessly.
The full Maya long count is currently only at Baktun 12; there are still 8 more Baktuns (about three thousand years) before it turns over. The current Katun (19.7 years) will increment about ten years from now (Maya date 13.0.0.0.0 will fall on 21 December 2012).
There is no rational reason that any theorized Mayan calender date should be any more cosmologically significant than the end of the last millennium was. (unless you carry a UFO Frequent Fliers Club Gold card)
skeptic, My UFO Frequent Fliers Club Gold Card was just updated to Platinum.
Skeptic: It's kind of like horoscopes: the placement of the stars was different when the astrological signs were put in place. They therefore do not match anymore, either. (as if they made any sense in the first place)
Skeptic,
It hadn't occurred to me that the Maya viewed time as a cyclical phenomenon. Thanks.
JP, I just Googled it as everyone els had done and read much of what Skeptic pointed out. I did note, however, that it was spelled both Mia and Maya. I opted for the Mia. Sorry, it that offended you.
Sorry, That should read “else.”
Patrick: The "MIA Calendar" is a calendar for the The Messianic Israel Alliance. The Mayan Calendar is the one you're thinking of in the above postings.
I'm serious, check it out: http://www.messianicisrael.com/news/marketplace-news/mia-calendar-for-2007-2008.html
Euripides, the mighty and all-powerful Wiki says:
"Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, better known by her stage name MIA, is an English songwriter, record producer, singer, fashion designer, astrophysicist, sybil, meso-American calendrics doomsday prognosticator, artist and Brooklyn hairdresser."
Miami International Airport has their own calendar?
I was wondering where that second "x" in my name came from. Those vexatious "Planet X"ers tagged me.