Earth will exist after 2012: NASA

by Jessy
(Canada)

Here is how science reacts to science fiction:

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., November 15, 2009 -- NASA is trying to dispel rumours surrounding the doomsday movie 2012.

The plot involves the end of the world based on theories backed by the end of the Mayan calendar.

NASA has devoted a page on its website to say nothing bad is going to happen to Earth on Dec. 21, 2012. It says the science behind the end of the world quickly unravels when pinned down to the 2012 timeline. The Mayan calendar theory includes a claim that the end of time will come as an obscure planet collides with Earth.

NASA says if this collision was going to happen, it would be seen by the naked eye by now. So Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know it.

Jessy