While many of us are caught up with Brit shaving her head others are fretting over the fast approaching Asteriod that could cause untold damage to the planet in the year 2029 and the day would be Friday 13th and the distance a mere 30,000 kilometers.

While thousands of potentially dangerous NEOs have been identified by astronomers, Apophis has been singled out for attention because it is going to have two very close encounters with the Earth within a short space of time. The first on Friday April 13 2029 will see the asteroid pass within an uncomfortable 30,000 kilometers. However, it is the second pass seven years later that have scientists worried. They're not sure whether the first pass will see Earth's gravity drag Apophis into a direct impact trajectory in 2036.

Solutions have been floated around.

Proposals being put forward to circumvent the threat posed by Apophis and other NEOs include have specially prepared spacecraft ready to launch which would impact the threatening asteroid and deflect it from its collision course. Another suggestion, is to deflect the asteroid's course using the weak gravitational field of a spacecraft hovering nearby.

Scientists generally don't favour the idea of hitting asteroids with nuclear missiles as they believe it creates the danger of the asteroid simply fragmenting into a number of smaller but still deadly Earthbound NEOs.

Is the world coming to an end or will be live to tell the tale? Its a wait and watch policy with some weak attempts on our part to cheat death.