Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief; NASA scientists have officially ruled out the possibility of the 22 million ton asteroid Apophis smashing into the planet in 2036.
“The impact odds as they stand now are less than one in a million, which makes us comfortable saying we can effectively rule out an Earth impact in 2036,” manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office Don Yeomans said in a statement. “Our interest in asteroid Apophis will essentially be for its scientific interest for the foreseeable future.”