The formation and evolution of the Solar System is estimated to have begun 4,5 billion years ago triggered by the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Most of the collapsing mass gathered in the centre, forming the Sun, while the rest flattened into a protoplanetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and other small Solar System bodies …
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The Sun goes supernova in 2012. Wicked!
Year 2012 apocalyptic predictions are fueled by a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been speculated, but none have been accepted by serious …