Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was “safe” from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least.
BBC: Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years
This image obtained from NASA Jan. 11, 2013 shows how the Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to Earth on Jan. 5 and 6, 2013.
