The asteroid called 99942 Apophis, long billed as a "doomsday asteroid," buzzed the Earth at past 8 a.m. on Thursday morning, appearing like a tiny flashing dot in the sky but obscured by gray clouds from the vantage point of Filipinos. "We didn't really get a good look at it because of the clouds," said Dario de la Cruz, head of the space sciences and astronomy section of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). "But based on footage taken from large telescopes that were broadcast online, it appeared only like a small point of light," he said. Packing more energy than 25,000 Hirosh...
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