Neil deGrasse Tyson - World to End In 2012...or Not

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/04/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson_Pluto_Files

Author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson dismisses the popular internet doomsday theory that a "Planet X," aka Nibiru, will return to our solar system in 2012 and fatally disrupt the Earth's orbit -- a claim Tyson describes as a "marvelous work of fiction."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, the bestselling author and director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, chronicles America's irrational love affair with Pluto, man's best celestial friend.

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile. In 2001, Tyson was appointed by President Bush to serve on a 12-member commission that studied the Future of the US Aerospace Industry. The final report was published in 2002 and contained recommendations (for Congress and for the major agencies of the government) that would promote a thriving future of transportation, space exploration, and national security. In 2004, Tyson was once again appointed by President Bush to serve on a 9-member commission on the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy, dubbed the "Moon, Mars, and Beyond" commission. This group navigated a path by which the new space vision can become a successful part of the American agenda. And in 2006, the head of NASA appointed Tyson to serve on its prestigious Advisory Committee, which will help guide NASA through its perennial need to fit its ambitious vision into its restricted budget. In addition to dozens of professional publications, Dr. Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public.

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[futuresaurus]

Not the hero America deserves, but the hero we need

[YouAreABunghole]

Look out, we got a smartass over here!

[epicslasher99]

@branahawk i'll be the gayest person on earth if it will not occur but Trust me, it'll happen .

[branahawk]

@epicslasher99 so what are u planning to do on your last year on earth then? :D make the idiots panic and the rational people laugh at you?

[epicslasher99]

at last, someone agrees with me.

[Super7826]

@epicslasher99

Yes! Screw these scientists with their ability to rationalize!!

[CherPsKy]

@chrishvj2008 Pinocho doesn't exist.

[DuhyatheSecond]

@epicslasher99 I now think you are trolling hard, or are too stupid to listen to science and reason. Anyone can make up a hypothosis like 2012 doomsday.

[DDeCouto]

@epicslasher99 I'm geussing that 99 in your name is the year you were born...

[TheDiego365]

hay!!! si gran vaina!!!!!! hay si!!!!!!!!!!

[chrishvj2008]

Answer me this man of knowlege, if pinochio says "my nose will now grow" what happens? Where's your science NOW?!