According to the movie 2012, the end of the Earth is at hand when the ancient planet Nibiru smashes into the Earth on Dec, 21, 2012. Feeding the end-of-the-world hype of the movie are Internet sites collaborating the movie’s premise. NASA says, not so fast.
– It’s a great story line: Nibiru,
a supposed planet discovered
by the Sumerians, is streaking toward an apocalyptic collision with the
Earth, a fiery doomsday linked to the end of one of the cycles in the
ancient Mayan
calendar at the winter solstice in 2012. Scientists, for their own dark
reas…