Is Nibiru real? Will the world end on September 23 or is Planet X a hoax?

Hundreds of conspiracy enthusiasts and doomsayers have latched on the outlandish claims that a mysterious Planet X, also known as Nibiru, will appear in the skies today.

It has been claimed that this enigmatic celestial body is 10 times the size of Earth and will cause widespread death and destruction on Earth, due to its gravitational forces.

The main purveyor of the outrageous theory is David Meade, a self-proclaimed Christian numerologist, who believes Nibiru will fulfil the biblical Book of Revelations.

Mr Meade's predictions are laid out in his book Planet X – The 2017 Arrival, where he claims Nibiru will shift the Earths poles, trigger violent earthquakes, start tsunamis and cause volcanoes to erupt.

The theorist has linked the myth of Nibiru to predictions centred around Biblical prophecies and the importance of the number 33.

“Jesus lived for 33 years. The name Elohim, which is the name of God to the Jews, was mentioned 33 times [in the Bible],” he told The Washington Post.

“It’s a very biblically significant, numerologically significant number. I’m talking astronomy. I’m talking the Bible… and merging the two.”

September 23 is being suggested as the day of the apocalypse because it falls 33 days after the August 21 solar eclipse, which Mr Meade claims was an omen.

Is Nibiru real or is Planet X a hoax?

Leading scientists from across the world have debunked the outlandish theory and said there is there is no such planet as Nibiru.

Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has ridiculed the claim, calling it a "hoax".

He told Express.co.uk: "I don't know what to say except that it's nonsense."

In a heated exchange on Twitter, Mr McDowell said: "There is no Nibiru. That's a hoax. Possible that a comet may hit Earth someday, but as far as we know there's nothing aimed at us right now.”

Despite scientists rejecting the end of the world theory and the existence of Nibiru, NASA have said that a Planet X could actually be lurking beyond the solar system.

In 2016 researchers from Caltech University found evidence suggesting that a hypothetical ninth planet the size of Neptune, could be orbiting the sun beyond the reaches of Pluto.

Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division, described the finding as an "exciting" development for the scientific community.

"The possibility of a new planet is certainly an exciting one for me as a planetary scientist and for all of us," said Mr Green.

"This is not, however, the detection or discovery of a new planet. It's too early to say with certainty there's a so-called Planet X.

"What we're seeing is an early prediction based on modelling from limited observations. It's the start of a process that could lead to an exciting result."

But Nasa has debunked the theory that Nibiru is real and on a collision course with Earth that could lead to the end of the world.

Following the 2012 end of the world scare, Nasa said: "Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims."

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