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A number of Bible scholars consider the term Worm ' to be a purely symbolic representation of the bitterness that will fill the earth during troubled times, noting that the plant for which Wormwood is named, Artemisia absinthium, or Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, is a known biblical metaphor for things that are unpalatably bitter. [13] [14] [15] [16]
In 2007, partly in response to Lieder's proclamations, Sitchin published a book, The End of Days, which set the time for the last passing of Nibiru by Earth at 556 BC, which would mean, given the object's supposed 3,600-year orbit, that it would return sometime around AD 2900. [21]
99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN 4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object, 450 metres (1,480 ft) by 170 metres (560 ft) in size, [3] that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability of 2.7% that it would hit Earth on Friday, 13 April 2029.
Wormwood (Bible), a "star" that falls to earth in the end times, makes water bitter, and kills many people; Wormwood (short story collection), a book of short horror stories by Poppy Z. Brite; Wormwood (Taylor novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Graham Taylor; Wormwood, a collection of science fiction stories by Terry Dowling
In 18th-century England, wormwood was sometimes used instead of hops in beer. [24] According to Nicholas Culpeper, a stinking breath can be cured by "drinking a glass of Wormwood beer every morning". [25] Wormwood clippings and cuttings are added to chicken nesting boxes to repel lice, mites, and fleas. [26]
The "devil comet" is passing by and can be seen just after sunset. The total solar eclipse has passed, but there's more to see in the sky. ... The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on ...
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth Saturday morning, passing by at about three-quarters the distance ...
In October 2017, astronomers detected a strange, cigar-shaped object passing through our solar system. ... Some 180 million stars exist closer to Earth than the ones examined by the research team.