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NASA Scientist Says We Need to Stop Worrying About the Apocalypse - C C - Dec 3, 2017
https://futurism.com/niburu-apocalypse-earth-myth/
EXCERPT: For over twenty years, rumors have circulated about a celestial body known as Nibiru or Planet X that could supposedly spell doom for Earth. Unfortunately (for conspiracy theorists, at least) there’s simply no truth to the idea.
Several different theories exist concerning how Nibiru might threaten our planet. It’s been argued that it could smash into us, or throw off our orbit, or bring forth a cavalcade of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tidal waves. However, all of this seems rather unlikely, given that the scientific consensus — which is that Nibiru doesn’t exist. A point NASA scientist David Morrison recently attempted to drive home in a podcast. Other scientists soon joined in echoing his assertions.
“Nibiru, I don’t know any scientists or any astronomers who take that very seriously,” Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for the SETI Institute, told Futurism. “If that planet existed, the evidence would be very obvious that it exists. There is no such evidence.”
MORE: https://futurism.com/niburu-apocalypse-earth-myth/