‘News Item of the Week’ Archives

Nightsky.ie: Story of the Week – Apophis hit downgraded

Each week I pick out my favourite astronomy news item. This week something was reported that I don't think got a huge amount of press, but its implications are staggering. There is an asteroid heading towards earth and it's named Apophis. So what are the odds? Well not so long ago the odds were actually an alarming 2.7% chance of a 2036 hit.  [...]