Any search of the internet is likely to return a prediction that the Earth is on the

verge of being destroyed by some nefarious entity, and many of those come from space.

Chief among them is the legendary planet Nibiru,

which some say is streaking through space right now

to make a close pass with the Earth to wreak global

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How to Escape Neboebu.

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There are many ways that space can kill us.

A planet killer asteroid, a gamma ray burst, a nearby supernova, a wandering star that plows through our

solar system. But the internet has offered one more way, a visit by the speculative planet Nibiru, which might do anything from collide with

us for an instant obliteration to merely flowing past and sending us into a flowery age of Aquarius.

Today we're going to look at this legend of Nibiru

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