Doomsday Determined? Asteroid Apophis Could Strike Earth in 2036

David A. Hardy

An artist's conception of an asteroid crashing into Earth.

The date for Armageddon has been set, and it's not going to happen in 2012.

In 2004, NASA scientists announced that there was a chance that Apophis, an asteroid larger than two football fields, could smash into Earth in 2029. A few additional observations and some number-crunching later, astronomers noted that the chance of the planet-killer hitting Earth in 2029 was nearly zilch.

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Doomsday Determined? Asteroid Apophis Could Strike Earth in 2036