Friday The 13th Signals THE END

On Friday, April 13th, 2029, an asteroid as big as the Eiffel Tower will pass closer to Earth than our TV satellites, close enough to see without a telescope. In 2004, Apophis had the highest impact risk ever recorded: a 1 in 37 chance of hitting us. NASA now says it's safe for at least 100 years. So why are NASA, Europe and Japan racing to meet it?

The god of chaos is coming. We go through the Christmas 2004 scare, the "keyhole" that kept 2036 and 2068 on the table for years, what Earth's gravity will do to Apophis when it slips inside the satellite ring, the missions racing to meet it, and why this flyby is a rehearsal for planetary defense.

0:00 The God of Chaos
1:04 The Christmas Scare
3:16 The Keyhole
7:52 Friday the 13th
10:41 The Race to Meet It
12:57 The Rehearsal

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