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Asteroid near-miss an ominous sign for the future?
This weekend Russian scientists reported Earth barely escaped an impact with a fast-moving asteroid. According to Vladimir Lipunov of the Moscow State University and the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, “[The asteroid] was discovered on Friday night by our station near Lake Baikal and nine hours later it flew within 11,300km of the Earth’s surface, below the orbit of geostationary satellites. It was about 15 meters in size.” This is the same size as … Read entire article »
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Did ancient asteroid cause mega-tsunami?
In a temple at the Mayan site of Palenque, scribes recorded that a catastrophe befell Earth around 3300 BC. I argue in my book Mayan Calendar Prophecies: Predictions for 2012-2052 that descriptions of this event in Mayan inscriptions and historical chronicles are consistent with the breakup of a comet and the oceanic impact of its fragments which spawned mega-tsunamis that wiped out coastal civilizations of the time. Research shows that something catastrophic … Read entire article »
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Asteroid Apophis Could Hit Earth in 2036
Mayan predictions for the years 2032-2052 include the phrase “all will be lost,” implying a major catastrophic event for civilization. I discuss this “prophecy” in my book Mayan Calendar Prophecies: Predictions for 2012-2052. Unnervingly, NASA is currently tracking an asteroid named Apophis that has a chance of smashing into Earth in 2036. Based on its size, the impact would release energy equivalent to 500 megatons. By comparison, the Barringer Crater in Arizona was … Read entire article »
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