Will the World End Next Month? NASA Says No Way

By now, we've all heard the silly rumor that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. A few different causes are "threatening" to strip us of our mortal coils: the Mayans got lazy and stopped adding days to their calendar is a popular rumor, the risk of a mysterious planet named Nibiru colliding with our own world is another.

Will this winter solstice really be our last? According to the top minds at NASA, these Earth-death rumors have about as much substance as that viral privacy hoax you've seen spreading on Facebook this week. That is to say, none at all.

"Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, Dec. 21, 2012 won't be the end of the world as we know it, however…
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