**Asteroid**: Earth’s Close Encounter with Apophis – Explore NASA’s Groundbreaking Mission to Study the Hazardous Object
Scientists in Pasadena, California are eagerly awaiting the close encounter with the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis in 2029. This rare event will see Apophis pass by Earth at a distance closer than 20,000 miles, which is ten times closer than the Moon. When Apophis was first discovered in 2004, it was classified as a hazardous asteroid due to the possibility of impacting Earth. However, further observations have ruled out any chance of a collision for …