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In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final judgement of all people on Earth. Predictions of apocalyptic events that will result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the Common Era. [1]
The doomsday argument (DA), or Carter catastrophe, is a probabilistic argument that claims to predict the future population of the human species based on an estimation of the number of humans born to date. The doomsday argument was originally proposed by the astrophysicist Brandon Carter in 1983, [1] leading to the initial name of the Carter ...
Some believers in a 2012 doomsday claimed that a planet called Planet X, or Nibiru, would collide with or pass by the Earth. This idea, which had appeared in various forms since 1995, initially predicted Doomsday in May 2003, but proponents abandoned that date after it passed without incident. [130]
A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, [2] even endangering or destroying modern civilization. [3] An event that could cause human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's existence or potential is known as an " existential risk ".
Occasionally the term "physical eschatology" is applied to the long-term predictions of astrophysics about the future of Earth and ultimate fate of the universe. [ 137 ] [ 138 ] In approximately 6 billion years, the Sun will turn into a red giant .
A self-proclaimed astronomer has come forth to suggest asteroid 2016 WF9 will slam into the Earth on February 16th, triggering a planet-ending mega-tsunami. Conspiracy theory predicts doomsday ...
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [1] Created by J. Robert Oppenheimer [ citation needed ] and maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor , not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked ...
It's now after 11:11 a.m. GMT on Dec. 21, 2012 -- and I feel fine. The failed Mayan-calendar doomsday prediction reminds me of a minor event in my minor life. As a kid, I tagged along with my dad ...