NASA: The Earth Will Not Be Destroyed in September

The American space agency (NASA) has dispelled the hot space rumor circulating on the internet, stating that the Earth will not be destroyed due to the impact of a massive celestial object in September. In fact, NASA has said that this event is not expected to occur in the coming months, years, or even decades. The rumor of a meteorite colliding with Earth in September was first spread by a Christian religious group led by Afrian Rodriguez. In a message published on the group's website (and social media), the pastor claimed that the Day of Judgment is near and that God will hold people accountable for their actions. "Homosexuals are scattered across the Earth and the church says nothing... In China, cannibals eat children, and in South America, human blood is bought and sold... Laws have been passed that allow for the killing of fetuses..." Rodriguez claimed that God showed him a large rock, or a meteorite, that is supposed to collide with Puerto Rico (an archipelago in the northeastern Caribbean region southeast of the United States). According to this pastor's prediction, the impact of this meteorite will then cause an earthquake of 12 on the Richter scale, which he claims will be "a demonstration of God's power on Earth." The pastor does not stop at this earthquake and continues his prediction by stating that this earthquake will cause waves of up to one thousand feet (just over three hundred meters) to rise on the ocean's surface, which will drown the archipelago. The continuation of these waves and the earthquake will then encompass the rest of Latin America and ultimately the entire Earth. Although Rodriguez had no scientific evidence to support his claim, the internet and social media allowed his prediction to circulate until NASA intervened, stating that if an object of this size were to collide with Earth in a month, they would have already detected it. "There is no scientific evidence, not even a small piece of evidence, suggesting the possibility of a meteorite or a celestial object colliding with Earth on this date." The head of NASA's Near-Earth Objects program stated that they have not detected any meteorites or comets that could have an impact on Earth. In fact, there is less than a one-hundredth of a percent chance of a dangerous collision with a celestial object in the next hundred years. This is not the first time that the rumor of Earth's destruction due to a celestial object has spread. In 2011, a comet named Elenin was supposed to destroy the Earth, and in 2012, it was predicted that the end of humanity would occur due to a meteorite impact according to the Mayans - an ancient tribe from South America.