Doomsday debunked! Featuring Prof. Laura Lege (ARC Astronomy)

My highlights from the American River College Physics/Astronomy lunch lecture: December 5, 2012

Storified by Ken Kubo · Mon, Dec 10 2012 00:19:52

My first meeting with the ARC Physics/Astronomy group (whoa, I'm a biologist): today's topic: Doomsday! http://pic.twitter.com/ncbjsq08 · Ken Kubo

Most people don't believe in the "Mayan Doomsday," but check out the lengths to which some are going to prepare >> http://ow.ly/fVqXH

— Discovery Channel US · Fri, Dec 07 2012 16:21:38

NASA Scientist Eases Doomsday Fears

It was 10 years ago that veteran NASA scientist David Morrison began to answer a question a day from the public about the origin of life ...

What if the mayan calendar actually ends in 5105 and we've just been holding it upside down this whole time

— TED · Sat, Dec 08 2012 01:56:28

So all this time the Mayan calendar was actually the 2012-2013 #NHL schedule?

— Greg Sansone · Thu, Dec 06 2012 16:40:14

David Stuart on the Mayan calendar and 2012 doomsday predictions | Human World | EarthSky

Stuart, an archaeologist and expert on the ancient Maya, told EarthSky that neither the Maya, nor their calendar, ever predicted the end ...

Laura Lege (ARC Astronomy) debunks Doomsday myths one by one: Mayan calendar, galactic equator... http://pic.twitter.com/MgZjT7u6 · Ken Kubo

Will Earth pass through the galactic plane in 2012? | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky

No, Earth will not pass through the galactic plane in 2012, contrary to what you might have heard. Earth won't be physically passing thro...

Black Hole - 2012hoax

As you can see from the quotations above, the 2012 proponents do not limit themselves to gravity. They propose other forms of radiation o...

Another 2012 Doomsday myth - Nibiru: addressed by @NASA Ask an Astrobiologist http://astrobiology2.arc.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers

— Ken Kubo · Wed, Dec 05 2012 12:40:28

Planet Nibiru is not real | Space | EarthSky

Hear ye! Hear ye! Nibiru, the fictitious planet in the hyped-up 2012 doomsday scare, is not real! This putative world has made a big spla...

So many ways to think about Doomsday: pole shift debunked (from Laura Lege ARC talk) http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/2012-earths-poles-shifting.htm

— Ken Kubo · Wed, Dec 05 2012 12:46:55

HowStuffWorks "Are the Earth's poles shifting in 2012?"

Some say the world will end in fire; some say ice. Lately, screenwriters and apocalypse enthusiasts have preferred natural cataclysms as ...

Nothing really dramatic happens with earth magnetic pole shifts (Laura Lege Doomsday talk) @NASA http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012-poleReversal.html

— Ken Kubo · Wed, Dec 05 2012 12:51:23

Magnetic pole reversal not a sign of doomsday | Earth | EarthSky

Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.

ARC Doomsday talk: Laura Lege (Astronomy) recommends this website to debunk the end-of-world myths: @2012hoax http://ow.ly/fRflB

— Ken Kubo · Wed, Dec 05 2012 13:15:11