NASA has decided to release its Mayan Apocalypse video early, ahead of its scheduled release date of Dec. 22 – revealing just how confident it is about proving that the Dec. 21, 2012 Doomsday prophesy is false.

12/21/2012 has long been rumored to be the day of the apocalypse, according to Mayan predictions. However, this year NASA has moved to publicly insist the world will not end on that date and that everything will continue on as normal come Dec. 22.

The video created by NASA explains why the world did not end on Dec. 21. It was originally scheduled to be released on Dec. 22 – the day after the predicted apocalypse - so everyone would wake up the morning after and realize nothing had happened and look to the video to explain what had happened.

But now NASA has put out the video earlier than scheduled due to fears that some people are taking the prophesy too seriously and that it could endanger themselves and others as they behave more erratically.

One YouTube user has joked, "The correct title for this video is 'Told Ya So! - Love, NASA."

According to Time, NASA has received a lot of messages from people enquiring whether the world really is about to end on Dec. 21.

Although NASA believes there is absolutely no danger of the world ending ion Dec. 21, they do fear that a widespread panic about the end of the world could spark irrational and potentially dangerous actions from people.

NASA released an official statement on its website to calm fears: "The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012."

"The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012 and linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012—hence the predicted doomsday date of Dec. 21, 2012."

NASA has also explained that there is no official record of the planet Nibiru, but that if this supposed planet was on a collision course with Earth they would have seen it for at least the last decade and have been extensively tracking its path.

NASA also has said that by now "it would be visible by now to the naked eye."

NASA's video on the Mayan 2012 Apocalypse "Why The World Didn't End Yesterday" can be seen:

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