Asteroid Apophis will fly just 32,000 kilometres from Earth in April 2029, and Nasa says the encounter could reshape its surface |
Asteroid Apophis will pass within 32,000 kilometres of Earth’s surface on 13 April 2029, a distance closer than the ring of geostationary satellites that orbit our planet. The flyby, visible to the naked eye across parts of Europe, Africa and Asia, is the closest known approach by an object of this size that scientists have…