The European Space Agency says the asteroid could destroy a city and has a 2.2 per cent chance of hitting Earth.
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
simulations suggest a slight chance that its trajectory could be altered if it collides with a small asteroid. However, Apophis is in the daytime sky and unobservable until 2027.
When I learn everyone is frantically Googling “asteroid to hit earth,” I feel more optimistic than I have in months. I run outside to look up at the sky and see nothing. The sky, like my pallor and ...
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