Anonymousabout 13 hours ago
Asteroid 99942 Apophis, a 340-meter rock once given a 2.7% chance of striking Earth, will pass just 31,600 kilometers above the surface on April 13, 2029 — closer than geostationary satellites. NASA has ruled out any impact for at least 100 years, but the event has triggered an international mobilization of spacecraft missions, planetary defense research, and a broader debate about whether the focus on one well-known asteroid distracts from the thousands of untracked near-Earth objects that collectively pose a greater statistical threat.