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Military Expert: The World Could Never Survive a Real 'Battle: Los Angeles'

By Lee SpeigelMar 29th 2011 – 11:29AM
20th Century Fox Film

20th Century Fox Film

A giant spaceship from another world arrives during the day and positions itself above the White House in Washington, while more ships do the same over other major cities around the world. Then, without warning, all hell breaks loose, and the ships begin using devastating weapons and power to destroy everything around...

NASA Plans 2025 Manned Mission to Asteroid

By Lee SpeigelMar 25th 2011 – 6:24AM
JAXA / AP

JAXA / AP

It's a little soon for astronauts to suit up, but NASA is planning to send a manned mission to an asteroid in 2025. In keeping with President Barack Obama's 2010 vision, the space agency has shifted its sights from returning to the moon and, instead, is aiming for a smaller -- and possibly more dangerous -- rock in space,...

NASA Calls '2012' Most Flawed Sci-Fi Film Ever

By Lee SpeigelJan 10th 2011 – 12:56PM
Sony Pictures/Everett Collection

Sony Pictures/Everett Collection

The 2009 film "2012" depicted an ultimate end-of-the-world scenario based on an ancient Mayan calendar that ends on Dec. 21, 2012. But does NASA believe the film accurately portrays something that will really happen? Absolutely not. In fact, NASA scientists say the doomsday "2012" is the most ridiculous sci-fi film...

Doomsday: After Many Predictions, We're Still Here

By Lee SpeigelJan 6th 2011 – 8:00AM
Getty Images

Getty Images

"Repent, repent, the end is near!" Or is it? How many times have we heard that in movies, on TV, throughout literature and in the Bible? Yet, as often as people have predicted a global apocalypse, we're still here, still intact. You've undoubtedly heard about the upcoming end of the world, scheduled for Dec. 21, 2012....

Armageddon Fortress May Hold Keys to History

By Matthew KalmanDec 26th 2010 – 10:11AM
Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

MEGIDDO, Israel -- The Book of Revelation says the biblical fortress of Armageddon will be the site of an apocalyptic battle between good and evil at the end of time. Scientists believe it could also be the place where time begins -- at least for archaeology. In a groundbreaking new project, scholars are using the rich...

Background on Armageddon

Armageddon (from , Har Megiddo, lit. Mount Megiddo; Harmagedōn, Late Latin: ) is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location.

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