According to the Mayan calender, the end of the world is on Dec. 21, 2012. The Mayan calender states that the apocalypse is coming and the world is going to end.
The folks at NASA are debunking the Mayan Calendar predictions and saying that the earth will not end on Dec. 21. They also made a video below, telling sceptics exactly why. The video is titled, " The World Didn't End Yesterday," and is a four minute clip debunking the myth around it.
Nasa said on its website that the folklore behind the Dec. 21 end of the world date says that "Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012 and linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012."
NASA said on its website that "Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012."
The Mayan calendar was a system of calendars created by the Mayans and used in Mesoamerican and highland Guatemala, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Veracruz, Mexico.
It's origins date back to at least 5th century BCE. Dec. 21 marks the end of the Mayan calendar, which began in 3114 BC. Many people believe it to be the beginning of a new era, not the end of the world.
"The Mayans had a cyclical concept of time, not one that ever focused on the end of the world," archaeologist Jose Romero said to AFP.
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