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Nibiru News and Planet X in 2012
Despite a Nibiru NASA connection claimed by some, the space agency says there is no Nibiru or Planet X coming to destroy Earth in 2012. Below find the latest news on Niburu, which some claim to be the comet Elenin or a rogue planet in the solar system.
A massive sunspot released a M9-class solar flare (one step below the most powerful x-class flares) on January 23, 2012. The resulting coronal mass ejection may set off geomagnetic storms on Earth by January 24th or 25th.
The sun erupted with a good-sized solar flare and a coronal mass ejection on its far-side beyond the view of SDO, but the resulting strands of particle clouds as seen in extreme ultraviolet light still made for quite a show on January 2,2012.
A list of frequently asked questions about 2012 doomsday theories.
The 2012 winter solstice will not bring about destruction of the planet, scientists say.
No solar flare is powerful enough to do the job.
The so-called "doomsday" comet Elenin was killed by the sun, NASA says.
Despite the close approach, the world did not end.
Bid farewell to the comet's debris, which won't pass by Earth again for 12,000 years.
Was it the 'space chicken' nebula, Saturn's rings, a dark red moon over Chile or something else that grabbed you.
Comet Elenin moves into SOHO sun observatory's field of view this week. Or does it?
Skywatcher Michael Mattiazzo says his observations of comet Elenin hint at its possible breakup.
Images captured of Comet Elenin by an amateur astronomer over several days in August 2011 show what appears to be its nucleus breaking apart and fading away as it approaches perihelion, the point in its orbit where it is nearest to the sun.
Two fairly bright comets are gracing our skies: Comet Elenin and Comet Garradd.
See NASA's most popular questions and answers about comet Elenin 2011 pass through the inner solar system.
Comet Elenin will come closest to Earth on Oct. 16, if you call 22 million miles close.
Comet Elenin passed within the field of view of one of NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft.
Will the "prophesized" Niburu slam into the Earth? Is the Mayan calendar truly coming to an end in 2012? Jet Prepulsion Laboratory's Donald Yeomans dispels the myths and relays the scientific facts of the matter.
The so-called 'Nemesis' star has not been flinging dangerous comets at Earth.
