Top 10 Reasons Why the World Won't End in 2012

This list from the Discovery Channel might come in handy to give to someone you know who might get too nervous about the 2012 doomsday predictions and the movie about them. Each scenario is debunked with what scientists really know. For example,

1. Changes in the Sun's magnetic field will lead to powerful flares.

So what else is new under the sun? The sun goes though a well-documented 11-year sunspot cycle that is driven by its magnetic field entangling, reforming and flipping polarity. Yes, the peak of the next cycle is in 2012 (or 2013), and some predictions suggest it might be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the last peak.

But experts say it will certainly not be the biggest peak ever recorded.

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Btw,just for info...mayans never predicted the end of the world.the idea of 2012 being the end of the world was ACTUALLY first suggested by new age religionist jose arguelles in his book the mayan factor: path beyond technology...BETTER you read TOP 10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE MAYANS AT THE LIST UNIVERSE

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Why my second comment wasn't here?ek

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T0inKz!!!!!!!nice list

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Article could use some editing; Betelgeuse won't go supernova for at least 10,000 years, and some estimates go as high as 100,000. In any event, it's too far away to matter. Not that I expect 'stellar' scientific accuracy from Discovery.

My prediction is, the world ends right after I *finally* find a decent job.

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