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11 November 2009
2012: NASA's Scientific Reality Check
NASA is now joining in to combat the 2012 nonsense. Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object office has produced a video and written an article, providing the scientific realities surrounding the celestial happenings of 2012. Yeomans has done a wonderful job explaining everything that is and isn't going to happen in [...]
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08 November 2009
Surviving 2012: Ian O'Neill on Discovery Channel Sunday Night
Our very own resident expert on 2012, Dr. Ian O'Neill will be on a special Discovery Channel show, premiering Sunday evening. I just saw a promo piece on the Discovery Channel, and it looks really great. On TV, they called it Surviving 2012, however online it is titled Apocalypse 2012 On his [...]
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14 October 2009
2012: Combat the Nonsense
In a rather cruel media ploy, the creators of the upcoming science fiction movie "2012" are purposely feeding the flames of internet panic about the ridiculous claims that the world will end in 2012. This viral marketing campaign has created fake science websites and encourages people to search for “2012” on the Web. While [...]
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16 April 2009
Constraining the Orbits of Planet X and Nemesis
If Planet X was out there, where would it be? This question posed by an Italian researcher turns out to be a lot more involved than you’d think. As opposed to all the 2012 idiocy hype flying around on the internet, this research is actually based on a little thing called science. By analysing the [...]
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15 February 2009
Another Voice Against 2012 Mania
The world is not going to end in 2012. If anyone reading this has any doubt about that, you need to read each and every one of Ian O'Neill's articles here on Universe today about every facet of the 2012 mania. And then if you still have any doubts, here's another voice you might [...]
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21 December 2008
2012: No Comet
According to 2012 doomsday proponents, something big is out to get us. By "something big" I mean some uncontrollable cosmic entity (i.e. Planet X, Nibiru or a "killer" solar flare), and by "us" I mean the whole of planet Earth. Pinning 2012 doomsday scenarios on the end of the ancient Mayan "Long Count" calendar appears [...]
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19 November 2008
Comments for 2012: No Planet X
Because of the huge number of comments on this article, it was slowing down the server. I've created a separate thread here where people can continue their discussions on the story. © Fraser for Universe Today, 2008. | Permalink | 253 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
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