Even though we've all seen it on the internet, NASA says that the world will not end in December of 2012.

According to NASA the dwarf planet Nibiru that's on a collision course with Earth is just some kind of rumor and that doomsday scenarios won't stand up to under just minimal scrutiny.

News has been circulating about a planet called Nibiru that was discovered by the ancient Sumerians that will collide with earth this month.

So what about the end of the Mayan calendar at the upcoming winter solstice? It's not "evidence" that ancient Mesoamerican chronometrists had some mystic knowledge of when the world would end—it's actually just the end of one of the cycles they used in devising their calendar.

However they do agree that there will be a another winter solstice. So what about the end of the Mayan calendar at the upcoming winter solstice? Is it the end of the world or just the end of one of the cycles in their calendar?

More From 1130 The Tiger