Throughout the centuries, there have been many prophecies predicting the end of the world.

Harold Camping, a preacher from Oakland, California USA, predicted that the world would end at 6pm on 21 May 2011. Fortunately, like many predictions before it, this didn’t happen.

Thousands of people believe in the predictions outlined by the Mayan calendar, suggesting an apocalypse on 21st December 2012. Although there is little science to support many predictions, other predictions do have a scientific basis for concern.

Many people in the scientific community believe that humans will follow the fate of the dinosaurs, which were most likely extinct by an asteroid some 65million years ago. Given the Earth’s history, probability suggests that this is the most likely extinction possibility.

The present reality is that accurate asteroid impact predictions are little more than partaking in a space lottery. To quote Donald Rumsfeld; “There are known known’s. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know”.

Clearly, we can’t do much about the unknown unknowns. We can however speculate over the known unknowns. Some people believe that the Earth will be struck by a 20 million tone asteroid named Apotheosis, discovered to be heading for the Earth in 2004.

The Apotheosis asteroid is named after the mythical Egyptian demon God of darkness and destruction and is the size of a 100 storey skyscraper, speeding through space at 28,000 miles/hour (10 times the speed of a bullet). It carries as much energy as ALL the world’s nuclear weapons combined and on the 13th of April 2029, leading scientists suggest it will pass within 23,000 miles of the planet earth; passing beneath our satellites which orbit around the earth.

Michelle Richards, Managing Director of www.houseofgaea.com, says, “the same scientists suggest that the precise path of the Apotheosis asteroid is not yet fully known. This leads to speculation that a fraction of a degree calculation error could result in the extinction of human life on Earth”.

Richards continues, “like many asteroids, Apotheosis may hit our moon and/or fragments of it may burn up in our atmosphere. If we aren’t hit directly, we may be showered by asteroid particles which may contain precious minerals, such as Aquamarine, Quartz and Zoisite”.

One thing is for sure, on the 13th April 2029, we are probably going to get a spectacular display in our skies of colour and intrigue. www.houseofgaea.com