Really? There are people out there who predict -- with an unbelievable degree of accuracy -- that December 2012 will herald a rare stellar explosion that will wipe out (or at least cripple) life on Earth?
Well, if my email inbox is anything to go by, then yes, I'm sure this little doomsday scenario is doing the rounds. And by the sound of things, NASA is also getting fed up with messages from individuals needlessly worrying about a star that's about to go "BOOM!"
In an impromptu public space service announcement from the U.S. space agency on Friday, Francis Reddy, of NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center, went on the record to say: "...astronomers can say with certainty that there is no threatening star close enough to hurt Earth."
Read More: http://news.discovery.com/space/no-doomsday-supernova-in-2012-says-nasa-111217.html
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