Anyone worried that the world will come to an end Friday (21/12/2012) can scan the heavens online over the next two days for any signs of death from above.
The online Slooh Space Camera has been broadcasting a series of live cosmic views all week, beginning Monday (Dec. 17). The free webcasts aim to help the public keep watch for any monster solar storms, impending asteroid strikes or other potential agents of the so-called "Mayan apocalypse" that doomsayers claim is set for Friday.
Myth #1: The Mayan Calendar Ends on 21/12/2012
The biggest and the most common myth doing the rounds is that the Mayan Calendar ends on 21/12 for good. In fact, the Maya calendar is made up different cycles of day counts, and it does not end this year. Rather, one cycle of 144,000 days (394 years) ends – and the next cycle begins.
Myth #2: Mayans Prophesised the Word Ends on 21/12/2012
Never, ever did the Mayans – ancient or current – predict the end of the world or any disaster in December 2012. Such doomsday predictions are just a modern hoax.
Myth #3: A Rogue Planet (Nibru or another) is Headed for Earth
Nibiru is probably the minor name of a god found in ancient Mesopotamian writing. There is no planet named Nibiru, and the fictional books by economist Zecharia Sitchin about a civilisation on this planet are a hoax. For the past decade there have been reports of a rogue object (Planet X, or Nibiru, or Hercubolus, or even Comet Elenin) that will collide with Earth in December 2012. These claims are not true.
If indeed such a threat had existed, by now we would have been able to spot a big, bright object moving towards us and growing bigger every night. It would be one of the brightest objects in the sky, and astronomers would have been tracking it for years.
If it existed, its gravity would be distorting the orbits of planets, especially Mars and Earth. Astronomers know that it does not exist.
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