Is the Apophis Asteroid a Serious Threat and What is NASA Doing About It?

[pixel01]

Hi everybody,

Recently, i have read several articles about Apophis, an asteroid which may hit the Earth in about 36 years. Some articles take it quite serious saying that Nasa begins to prepare a plan to deal with this asteroid. Is it really serious or just some kind of rumour ?.
I am a newbie to this field and hope experts in this forum will explain it to me.

Thanks

 

[russ_watters]

I'm willing to bet the articles you are seeing are specific about the threat level. In any case, we have an open thread on the subject here:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=105906