New observations of the huge asteroid Apophis show it will not hit Earth in 2036, NASA scientists say. Apophis will fly extremely close to Earth in 2029 and 2036, but won't hit our planet.

A huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. ... Doomsday chances dim: Asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2036, NASA says. Jan. 11, 2013 “Close,” in the space world, is a relative term.

Worried about an asteroid smacking into Earth in 2036? Rest easy, say NASA scientists. Observations made in the latest flyby of the asteroid Apophis, which closed to within 9 million miles away ...

Russians: 2036 Killer Asteroid Collision: NASA Unimpressed February 4, 2011 / 11:18 AM EST / Space.com The asteroid Apophis, discovered in 2004, will fly within 18,300 miles of Earth on April 13 ...

A crater still remains where a meteor struck Arizona 50,000 years ago. Jonathan Blair/Corbis. Numerous proposals have been made. The obvious one of blowing up the asteroid with H-bombs might be a ...

For those asteroid gazers, a lesser-known 131-foot asteroid called 2012 DA14 is expected to speed past the planet in the middle of February. This one could come as close as 17,200 miles above the ...

That asteroid, called 2012 DA14, should be visible with smaller telescopes and binoculars, but mostly in Eastern Europe, Asia and Australia, he said. Online: NASA's Near Earth Object Program: http ...

A Maine scientist who uses radar to peer at objects in space says an asteroid that passed by Earth five years ago is due for a return visit to the planetary neighborhood in 2036.

Doomsday chances dim: Asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2036, NASA says “Close,” in the space world, is a relative term. At its nearest, Apophis will pass roughly 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently ... in 2021 to rule out the possibility of an impact when the asteroid makes a close flyby to Earth in 2029 and again in 2036. ...

New observations of the huge asteroid Apophis show it will not hit Earth in 2036, NASA scientists say. Apophis will fly extremely close to Earth in 2029 and 2036, but won't hit our planet.

The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today (Jan.