In the latest of many, many predictions of the end of the world, the Earth is set to end on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, according to a conspiracy theory going wild on TikTok and X. Every now and then, someone (sometimes, but not always, Isaac Newton) suggests that the world is about to end in some horrifying new way. Known as "the rapture", according to some believers this is the beginning of "tribulations" on Earth, a time of suffering and chaos for those who didn't believe and subsequently were not ascended to heaven. That number is set to increase on Tuesday when, according to Pastor Joshua Mhlakela and vast swathes of the conspiracy-minded Internet believe the rapture is going to take place. The idea is religious and has no basis in fact or physical phenomena, with absolutely nothing (bar an unprompted nuclear war or unseen asteroid) set to end the world tomorrow.