It's so often that we hear about young geniuses that we often fail to notice them anymore, as if we're taking them for granted. There is one boy however whose findings and accomplishments will not be so easily overlooked, especially as they come to contradict NASA's predictions on a collision that could easily turn out to be the end of the world.

Before getting all hot under the collar with anxiety, we should probably mention that chances of this happening are, according to NASA, 1 in 45,000. If we're to believe the German schoolboy, they're of 1 in 450, which is more by a lot, thus increasing the risk of the apocalypse finally hitting Earth considerably. According to national media, 13-year-old Nico Marquardt used findings already existent at the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam and also did lots of calculations on his own and came up with the conclusion that NASA could only have been wrong when they made their predictions.

From what Marquardt said, the chances of the asteroid Apophis hitting Earth are of 1 in 450 - but only after it will crash into one of the 40,000 satellites orbiting Earth on April 13, 2029. The collision will then sent the asteroid into the Atlantic, a crash estimated to take place in 2036 and believed to generate shockwaves that would create huge tsunamis and a thick cloud of dust that would blacken the sky. The impact of the asteroid upon hitting the ocean is said to be comparative to that of a "320-meter wide 200 billion tonne ball of iron."

A few minutes ago, after the young boy's claims have become common knowledge, NASA has issued a statement saying they stand by their original prediction of 1 in 45,000 chances of collision. "The asteroid will not pass near the main belt of geosynchronous satellites in 2029, and the chance of a collision with a satellite is exceedingly remote," part of the official stand said. With all that, even if other researches will show that the asteroid will not hit Earth, Marquardt will probably always remain that 13-year-old little boy who might have proven NASA wrong.