The possible discovery of a ninth planet of immense size and an extremely elongated orbit lurking in the shadows of our solar system has led many people to believe that the old Planet X myths are real and a mass extinction event is nigh. Mike Brown …

Zechariah Sitchin (1920-2010) was a Russian-born Jewish scientist and author who suggested that there is a planet beyond Pluto called Nibiru (sometimes referred to as Planet X) which passes through our solar system every 3,600 years. Approximately 50 …

Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency's efforts to detect and track …

Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency's efforts to detect and track …

Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency's efforts to detect and track …

Albert Edwards, a strategist at Société Générale bank, has warned of an impending global financial crisis similar to the one that occurred in 2008-09. This time, he said, it could lead to the collapse of the eurozone. The warning follows a recent note …

Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency's efforts to detect and track …

Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency's efforts to detect and track …

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has warned its clients that 2016 could be a "cataclysmic year", going as far as predicting stock values could fall by a fifth and oil prices could plunge to $16 (£11, €15) a barrel, even though crude has not dropped below …

NASA formalized the Planetary Defense Coordination Office within its Planetary Science Division on Thursday with the goal of detecting and tracking near-Earth objects as part of its latest effort to facilitate both national and global efforts to combat …