Once-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to BILLIONS without any equipment

A ONCE-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to billions without the need for any equipment as it glides past Earth.

Scientists have revealed that the historic planetary event will be easily visible to the unaided eye.

Asteroid Apophis is on track to make a breathtakingly close flyby past Earth, reports LiveScience.

More than two billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch it soar through the sky.

Under clear skies, the rock will appear as a faint star gliding steadily overhead.

Scientists have now predicted that this once-in-a-millennium event will occur on April 13, 2029.

In a keynote address delivered earlier this week, Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary sciences at MIT, said the flyby will mark "the first time in space history that a pot