NASA Are Really Sick of The Niburu Conspiracy At This Point

Nasa have enough conspiracy theories to deal with at the moment, with a rumour that the Apollo 17 mission was faked the latest one to start going around.

As you can imagine, by this point they're particularly sick of the really ludicrous ones, such as 'predictions' the Earth will wiped out by a rogue planet.

In case you've not been paying attention - and I don't blame you - theories have been circulating about a so-called Planet X, also known as Nibiru.

According to these theories - backed up with no scientific evidence whatsoever - the planet exists and is due to crash into the Earth, setting off a series of world-ending natural disasters. Today.

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You can see why this nonsense has driven experts to tears, at least partly from laughing, and at least one Nasa astronomer has clearly had enough.

"You're asking me for a logical explanation of a totally illogical idea," Nasa scientist David Morrison said to the Big Picture Science Podcast.

"There is no such planet, there never has been, and presumably there never will be - but it keeps popping up over and over."

Nibiru has been 'scheduled' to smash into the Earth three times just this year, with the one before this failing to take place on September 23.

Obviously, Nasa knew this wouldn't happen and even released a statement to try to put the piss-poor myth to bed.

"Various people are "predicting" that the world will end on September 23 when another planet collides with Earth," the space agency said at the time.

"The planet in question, Nibiru, doesn't exist, so there will be no collision. Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims."

"If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist."

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The conspiracy has stemmed from people looking at astronomical signs and biblical texts, specifically Revelation 12:1.

"A great sign appeared in heaven;" the passage reads, "a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head."

"And being with child, she cried out in her travail and was in anguish of delivery."

Maybe it's just my opinion, but no doubt Nasa are in anguish of having to deal with more conspiracy theories like this one.

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Chris Ogden

Chris Ogden is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from the University of East Anglia with degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing before completing his NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. Chris has previously written for the independent culture magazine The Skinny, among other publications.

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