Produced by: Manoj Kumar
Credit : NASA
Apophis will fly lower than satellites—just 18,600 miles from Earth—giving two billion people a front-row seat to a cosmic near-miss with geological consequences.
Credit : NASA
As Apophis slingshots past Earth, our planet’s gravity is expected to twist its orbit, spin, and possibly even trigger seismic activity inside the asteroid.
Credit : NASA
For the first time in history, a skyscraper-sized asteroid will be visible without a telescope—lighting up skies across parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Representative pic
Originally labeled a Level 4 threat, Apophis once carried real impact risk. Now it’s a celestial case study in how science defused fear—by tracking it obsessively.
Representative pic
The flyby may jolt Apophis into a chaotic spin, giving researchers the rare chance to study asteroid behavior during a real-time gravitational encounter.
Representative pic
Apophis won’t hit Earth—but its 2029 pass offers the ultimate trial run for future asteroid defense missions, orbital physics, and rapid-response space tech.
Credit : NASA
Apophis could become only the third celestial body—after the Moon and Mars—where humans detect seismic activity from space, thanks to Earth’s tidal pull.
Credit : NASA
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has a new target: Apophis. Renamed OSIRIS-APEX, it’s set to rendezvous mid-flyby and watch the asteroid’s surface shift in real time.
Credit : NASA
It won’t strike us—but Apophis will pass close enough to awaken old asteroid anxieties, and maybe some backyard astronomers, too.
Credit : NASA