Russia May Attack Asteroid That’s Virtually No Threat

December 31, 2009 | Source: Space.com

Russia’s Federal Space Agency is considering a plan to launch a spacecraft capable of moving the 270-meters Apophis asteroid in a bid to protect Earth from an impact around 2036, but the asteroid poses virtually no threat to our planet (1-in-250,000 odds) and moving it could actually make matters worse, experts say.